COP29 International Advisory Committee Meets With Special Adviser To UN
Date
6/16/2024 6:08:16 AM
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 16. TheCOP29
International Advisory Committee had meeting with Special Adviser
to the UN Secretary General Selwin Hart, the Nizami Ganjavi
International Center (NGIC) wrote on its X page, Trend reports.
"Climate change is a global challenge requiring global efforts.
Despite some progress since the Paris Agreement, the world is
falling behind the 1.5 degree goal.
Energy transition Loss & Damage Fund
Climate Justice Gender equality
Renewable investments
Role of private sector
Political will been discussed", the NGIC said.
In November this year, Azerbaijan will host the 29th session of
the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on
Climate Change (COP29). This was decided at the plenary meeting of
COP28 held in Dubai on December 11 last year. Within two weeks,
Baku, having become the center of the world, will host about
70,000–80,000 foreign guests.
The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change is an agreement
signed at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in June 1992 to
prevent dangerous human interference in the climate system. The
acronym COP (Conference of Parties) stands for Conference of
Parties, which is the highest legislative body overseeing the
implementation of the Framework Convention on Climate Change. A
total of 198 countries are parties to the convention. Unless the
parties decide otherwise, COP is held annually. The first COP event
was held in March 1995 in Germany's Berlin, and its secretariat is
based in Bonn.
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