Turkish media covers Azerbaijan's COP29 outcomes

Turkish media has extensively covered the outcomes of the 29th session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29) held in Azerbaijan. 

The Haber Global TV channel highlighted the commitments made by developed countries during the COP29 discussions, noting their readiness to invest $300 billion annually in the fight against climate change, Caliber.Az reports via local media. 

The report highlights that two weeks of intense negotiations in Baku led to a significant agreement on the gradual increase in climate financing. The TV channel drew attention to the speech of Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, who called COP29 a "turning point in climate diplomacy." It also presented assessments from experts on the matter.

The Anadolu Agency also highlighted the active discussions on "climate financing" during COP29, as well as Azerbaijan's contribution to the fight against climate change.   The leading news agency of the fraternal country quoted President Aliyev's statement that, guided by the slogan "In Solidarity for a Green World," Azerbaijan acted as an honest mediator and used all opportunities to impartially support the climate negotiations. The agency also cited the assessment of Levent Kurnaz, a professor at Bogazici University, who gave high praise to the organisation of the climate summit in Azerbaijan.

The expert noted that, thanks to its participation in COP29, Türkiye had the opportunity to learn from the experience of its fraternal country in organising such large-scale events, especially in light of Ankara's bid to host COP31.

At the same time, Kurnaz criticised the final commitments made by Western countries in the fight against climate change, calling them insufficient. Yeşil Gazete ("Green Gazette"), a newspaper specialising in environmental news, along with several other newspapers, covered the outcomes of the climate summit through the lens of Türkiye's Long-Term Climate Change Strategy, which was unveiled in Baku.

Turkish media also reported on the stance of several environmental organizations in Türkiye, which have called on the Turkish government to completely phase out the use of coal.

The final plenary session of the 29th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29) took place in Baku on November 23.

Mukhtar Babayev, COP29 President-Designate and Azerbaijan’s Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources, noted the intense efforts over the past two weeks.

He emphasised that no one wanted to leave Baku without achieving substantial progress on key issues and called for focused work to resolve remaining disagreements. Babayev highlighted that global attention was on COP29.

During COP29, Baku welcomed between 70,000 and 80,000 international visitors, including leaders from governments, businesses, and civil society, all collaborating to develop practical solutions to address the unprecedented global temperatures and extreme weather events impacting people around the world.

The COP29 Presidency of Azerbaijan has announced the agreement of the Baku Finance Goal (BFG), a new commitment to channel $1.3 trillion of climate finance to the developing world each year.

Success on the COP29 Presidency’s top priority for the UN Climate Summit represents a significant uplift from the previous climate finance goal of $100 billion and will unlock a new wave of global investment, a press release on the COP29 website says.

The core of the new goal is the commitment of developed countries to allocate at least $300 billion annually for climate projects in developing nations. This figure is three times higher than the previous target of $100 billion set earlier.

by Naila Huseynova