Singapore, UAE to host online webinar on COP29

The Middle East Institute at the National University of Singapore, in collaboration with the UAE embassy in the country, will host an online webinar titled "From the UAE to Azerbaijan: COP29 Expectations and Challenges" on October 22.

The webinar is part of the preparation for the upcoming 29th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29), scheduled to take place in Baku in November, Caliber.Az reports via local media. 

The event will focus on discussing the key outcomes of COP28, which was held in Dubai in 2023, as well as expectations for COP29 and the potential for further consensus on climate financing and phasing out fossil fuels.

Featured speakers include Peter Govindasamy from Singapore's Ministry of Trade and Industry, Thureya Al Ali from the COP28 committee, and Aisha Al-Sarihi, a research fellow at the Middle East Institute, who will serve as the moderator.

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