COP29 President meets World Bank reps to discuss climate initiatives

President of COP29 and Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources Mukhtar Babayev has met with Sameh Naguib Wahba, World Bank Regional Director for Sustainable Development in Europe and Central Asia, and Rolanda Price, World Bank Regional Director for the South Caucasus.

During their discussions, held recently, they focused on current and upcoming World Bank programs in Azerbaijan, particularly within the water sector and agro-industrial complex, Caliber.Az reports via local media.

The meeting also addressed preparations for the upcoming COP29 conference.

COP29, the 29th session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, will take place in Baku this November. The decision to host COP29 in Azerbaijan was made during the COP28 plenary session in Dubai on December 11 last year. The event is expected to draw 70,000 to 80,000 international guests over two weeks.

The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, established at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in June 1992, aims to mitigate dangerous human impacts on the climate system. The Conference of Parties (COP) serves as the primary legislative body overseeing the implementation of the Convention. With 198 member countries, COP meetings occur annually, with the first held in Berlin in March 1995. The Convention’s secretariat is located in Bonn.