IAEA strengthens cooperation with Azerbaijan ahead of COP29 in Baku

Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Grossi has written that IAEA continues cooperating closely with Azerbaijan.

"Proceeding from the decision made at COP28 to accelerate the development of nuclear energy, we now eagerly look forward to COP29 in Baku. As I mentioned at the IAEA General Conference in Azerbaijan: a world without emissions is in urgent need of nuclear energy. Our close cooperation with Azerbaijan continues as we work toward a sustainable energy future," Grossi wrote on X, Caliber.Az reports, citing local media. 

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