Azerbaijan to host high-level event on digitalisation as part of COP29

The Azerbaijani Ministry of Digital Development and Transport has announced that participants of the Global Standards Symposium (GSS-24) and the World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly (WTSA-24) were invited to attend the high-level event titled “Digital Engagement for a Greener World”.

The event to be held in Baku this November will be organised in collaboration with the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) as part of the 29th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29), Caliber.Az reports via local media. 

Azerbaijani Deputy Minister of Digital Development and Transport Shahin Babayev who led the Azerbaijani delegation, discussed ongoing projects and initiatives in the country related to technologies and innovations during GSS-24 and WTSA-24, held in New Delhi, India on October 14-15.

He also highlighted efforts to enhance cooperation with other countries and international organisations in the field of digitalisation. 

The 29th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29) will be held in Azerbaijan this November. 

This decision was made at the COP28 plenary session in Dubai on December 11, 2023. During two weeks, Baku will become a global hub, welcoming around 70,000 to 80,000 international guests. The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is an agreement signed at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in June 1992, aimed at preventing dangerous human interference with the climate system. 

The abbreviation COP means "Conference of the Parties" and refers to the highest decision-making body responsible for overseeing the implementation of the UNFCCC. The Convention has 198 member states. Unless otherwise decided by the parties, the COP is held annually. The first COP event was held in Berlin in March 1995, and its secretariat is based in Bonn.

By Naila Huseynova