“Towards COP29: NGO’s Green Movement” march held in Baku

An event and march under motto "Towards COP29: NGOs' Green Movement" was held at the Seaside Boulevard in Baku.

The event brought together civil society activists representing approximately 150 NGOs, Caliber.Az reports via local media.

It was organized by the Agency of State Support to NGOs and the Azerbaijan National NGO Forum, with support from the Seaside Boulevard Authority and the Azerbaijan Cycling Federation.

Participants also had the opportunity to explore the COP29 Information Center situated within the Seaside National Park, where they received detailed presentations about COP29.

Concluding the event, certificates were awarded to distinguished participants in recognition of their contributions.

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