Azerbaijan Moots Preps For COP29 With Head Of ADB Regional Department

(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, April 3. Azerbaijani Ministerof Ecology and Natural Resources Mukhtar Babayev discussedpreparations for the upcoming 29th session of the Conference of theParties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29)with the Director General of the Central and West Asia RegionalDepartment of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Eugene Zhukov, theMinistry of Ecology and Natural Resources said, Trend reports.

Azerbaijan will host the 29th session of the Conference of theParties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29)this November. This decision was reached during the COP28 plenarymeeting held in Dubai on December 11, 2023. In less than two weeks,Baku is poised to become the epicenter of global climatediscussions, welcoming an estimated 70,000 to 80,000 foreigndelegates.

The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, establishedduring the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in June 1992, aims toavert perilous human interference with the climate system. COP, anacronym for Conference of Parties, signifies the highestlegislative authority overseeing the Convention's implementation, 198 nations are parties to the Convention. By default,COP sessions are convened annually, unless otherwise decided by theparticipating parties. The inaugural COP convened in March 1995 inBerlin, with its secretariat headquartered in Bonn.

As Azerbaijan prepares to host COP29, it assumes a pivotal rolein advancing global efforts to address climate change, underscoringthe urgency and importance of international cooperation incombating environmental challenges.

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