Pakistan to attend COP29 at high level Ambassador affirms

Qasim Mohiuddin, Ambassador of Pakistan, has announced that his country will be represented at a high level at COP29, the upcoming climate conference in Baku as he met with Sahiba Gafarova, Speaker of the Azerbaijani Parliament.

Ambassador Mohiuddin highlighted that Pakistan was among the first countries to confirm its participation in COP29, expressing confidence in Azerbaijan's ability to host the event successfully, Caliber.Az reports citing local media.

He commended Azerbaijan's proactive efforts in addressing global challenges, particularly climate change, and emphasized that the conference would enhance global dialogue on the issue.

Mohiuddin congratulated Azerbaijan on hosting COP29 and reiterated Pakistan's commitment to contributing to the discussions aimed at combating climate change.

The 29th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29) will take place in Azerbaijan this November. This decision was made during the COP28 plenary session in Dubai on December 11, 2023. Baku is expected to welcome approximately 70,000 to 80,000 international attendees over the two-week event.

The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), signed at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in June 1992, aims to prevent dangerous human interference with the climate system. The COP, or “Conference of the Parties,” is the highest decision-making body responsible for overseeing the implementation of the UNFCCC, which has 198 member states. Unless otherwise decided, the COP convenes annually; the first COP was held in Berlin in March 1995, with its secretariat based in Bonn.

By Vafa Guliyeva