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Pakistan’s Institute of Regional Studies is set to host a Pre-COP 29 panel discussion in Islamabad on October 31, titled “Bridging the Gap: Humanitarian Agencies and Climate Adaptation in Pakistan.”  

Former Pakistani Federal Minister for Climate Change, Senator Sherry Rehman, will serve as the Chief Guest at the event. Other key speakers include Ambassador Jauhar Saleem, President of the Institute of Regional Studies Islamabad, the Chief Executive Officer of Pakistan’s National Disaster Risk Management Fund (NDRMF), and the Country Head of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), all of whom will deliver speeches, Caliber.Az reports via local media.  

The panel discussion will cover preparation for COP29 as well as other related topics. Representatives from climate change organisations, diplomats, and prominent journalists are expected to participate in this important event.

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