Azerbaijan & IEA Negotiate Energy Efficiency Roadmap And Collaboration On COP29 (PHOTO)
Date
4/20/2024 3:10:49 AM
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, April 20. Azerbaijani EnergyMinister Parviz Shahbazov at a meeting in New York with DeputyExecutive Director of the International energy Agency (IEA) MaryBurce Warlick discussed the draft Energy Efficiency Roadmap forAzerbaijan prepared by the Agency within the framework of theEU4Energy program, the statement of Azerbaijan's Energy Ministrysaid, Trend reports.
"The importance of this document in terms of its contribution tothe fulfillment of Azerbaijan's climate commitments was assessed,"the statement noted.
The sides exchanged views on priorities of the COP29 agenda,including the adoption of new global collective financial measures,cooperation on COP29, as well as activities on Azerbaijan'spromotion of renewal of Nationally Determined Commitments (NDCs) onclimate commitments (greenhouse gas emissions), and intensivecooperation with the IEA in this context.
"Measures taken by Azerbaijan in connection with its accessionto the Global Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Pledge and theGlobal Methane Pledge initiatives, as well as steps on energyefficiency and reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, wereconsidered," the information specified.
Additionally, the sides discussed innovations related to thecreation of renewable energy production capacities in Azerbaijan,their integration into the energy system, the utilization ofoffshore wind energy, and the implementation of green energycorridor projects in various directions.
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 - the Conference of the Parties- is the highest legislativebody overseeing 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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