Azerbaijan, UNDP Moot Co-Op Opportunities Within COP29 (UPDATED)
Date
3/29/2024 3:08:21 PM
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, March 29. Azerbaijan and theUnited Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have discussedopportunities for partnership within COP29, said AzerbaijaniMinister of Economy Mikayil Jabbarov on X, Trend reports.
According to the Ministry of Economy of Azerbaijan, thediscussions were held within the framework of the meeting betweenMinister of Economy Mikhail Jabbarov and the UNDP Acting ResidentRepresentative in Azerbaijan Alessandra Roccasalvo.
During the meeting, the Minister emphasized that Azerbaijanattaches great importance to cooperation with the UN and itsagencies.
Details were presented regarding Azerbaijan's economicdevelopment trends, accomplishments, efforts toward SustainableDevelopment Goals (SDGs), and initiatives for reintegratingliberated territories.
Alessandra Roccasalvo expressed contentment with thecollaboration between the UN and Azerbaijan, emphasizing thesignificance of investment attraction for achieving the SDGs anddevelopment ventures across diverse sectors. She underscored theorganization's preparedness to aid COP29.
The parties deliberated cooperation agenda items, encompassingsustainable development financing mechanisms, reconstruction ofliberated territories, enhanced investments in energy efficiencyinitiatives, and potential collaboration within COP29.
This November, Azerbaijan will host COP29. This decision wasmade at the COP28 plenary meeting held in Dubai on December 11 lastyear. Baku will become the center of the world and will receiveabout 70–80,000 foreign guests.
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is anagreement signed at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in June 1992to prevent dangerous human interference with the climate system Conference of the Parties-is the highest legislative bodyoverseeing the implementation of the Framework Convention onClimate Change. There are 198 countries that are parties to theConvention. Unless the parties agree otherwise, the COP is heldannually. The first COP event took place in March 1995 in Berlin,and its secretariat is located in Bonn.
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