Azerbaijani reps participating in Youth Climate Forum of Silk Road in Uzbekistan

An environmental forum titled "Uzbekistan-Azerbaijan: Youth Climate Forum of the Silk Road" has recently been held in Tashkent.

The event was held at the Alisher Navoi Tashkent State University of Uzbek Language and Literature, supported by the Azerbaijan Youth Foundation and organised jointly by the "Gyzylbash" Youth Enlightenment Public Union and the Heydar Aliyev Cultural Centre at the Azerbaijani embassy in Uzbekistan, Caliber.Az reports via local media. 

Before the forum, participants visited the Azerbaijan Culture, Education and Research Centre named after Azerbaijani poet Muhammad Fuzuli. Speakers at the forum emphasised the significance of holding COP29 in Azerbaijan.

At the conclusion of the event, participants were awarded certificates and posed for a commemorative photo. The forum will continue with the exhibition "In the Name of a Green World," which will run until October 19.

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