Pakistan has multiple missions at COP29 in Baku Coordinator to PM says

Pakistan's Coordinator to the Prime Minister on Climate Change and Environmental Coordination Romina Khurshid Alam has stated that developed countries continue making numerous promises at COP events but fail to fulfill them.

"Our main goal at COP29 will be ensuring that these promises are fulfilled," she said in an interview with APA, Caliber.Az reports.

The coordinator highlighted that Pakistan has several key missions at COP29, including gaining access to climate finance.

"One of our objectives is securing financial support. We are also looking forward to discussions on new energy solutions," she said. 

“Of course, we will host high-level dialogues in our pavilions and at our exhibition stand. During these sessions, we plan to engage in talks with other countries affected by climate change. The international, bilateral, and multilateral meetings will be held. The main objective of these discussions will be to address the challenges posed by climate change. We hope to achieve meaningful progress on these issues within the COP. From a financial perspective, our primary goal is to ensure that the promises made during negotiations are fulfilled. The fulfillment of these commitments could be the key success of this COP. We see that while developed countries make numerous promises at COP events, they often fail to fulfill them,” she added.

The 29th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29) officially started in Azerbaijan on November 11. The decision to host COP29 in Azerbaijan, a country with extensive experience in organizing international events, was made during the plenary session of COP28 in Dubai on December 11, 2023. The conference will run from November 11 to November 22, with Baku, Azerbaijan's capital, welcoming approximately 70,000 international guests. 

The opening day of COP29 will be November 11, with the High-Level Segment of the Climate Action Summit taking place on November 12-13. During this segment, around 80 heads of state and government from countries party to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) will deliver speeches. The addresses by world leaders will continue on November 13. It is important to note that the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the UNFCCC has been held annually since 1995. 

The primary purpose of the event is to assess global progress in the fight against climate change. Since the mid-1990s, the conference has addressed key agreements such as the Kyoto Protocol, which established binding commitments for developed countries to limit greenhouse gas emissions. From 2011 to 2015, the conference also focused on the Paris Agreement, a pivotal international accord adopted in 2015 in France to combat climate change. To date, 195 countries, including Azerbaijan, have signed the Paris Agreement.

By Naila Huseynova