Climate Action Can Save Millions Of Lives Every Year - WHO Chief
Date
6/19/2024 5:24:46 AM
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 19. Climate action can
save millions of lives every year, Director General of the World
Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said during
the 29th High-Level Meeting themed "Pathway to COP29: Sustainable
and Resilient Future" taking place in Baku, Trend reports.
Drought and a dramatic increase in air temperature, in his
opinion, affect millions of people.
“The climate crisis is a public health crisis. The scale of
climate-related humanitarian emergencies is growing. Climate change
contributes to the spread of diseases such as plague and malaria,"
the WHO chief added.
The primary objective of convening this top-tier gathering is to
make sure that all stakeholders are on the same page and pulling in
the same direction for the success of COP29 in Azerbaijan's
Baku.
Preparations for COP29 in Baku involve tackling existing global
challenges and opportunities in climate action from all angles.
This November, Azerbaijan will host COP29. This decision was
made at the COP28 plenary meeting held in Dubai on December 11 last
year. Baku will become the center of the world and will receive
about 70–80,000 foreign guests.
The United Nations 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 with the climate system.
COP-the Conference of the Parties-is the highest legislative body
overseeing the implementation of the Framework Convention on
Climate Change. There are 198 countries that are parties to the
Convention. Unless the parties agree otherwise, the COP is held
annually. The first COP event took place in March 1995 in Germany's
Berlin, with its secretariat in Bonn.
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