(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
BAKU, Azerbaijan, October 3. COP29 necessitates
to enhance ambitions and boost actions, COP29 President Designate,
Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources Mukhtar Babayev said
during an event "Role of higher education in climate change:
Towards an Azerbaijan University Network on Climate Change (AUNCC)"
at the ADA University today, Trend reports.
He asserts that world leaders will have to implement the Paris
Agreement and the Global Climate Action Plan during COP29.
"Almost half of the world's children live in countries that are
extremely vulnerable to climate change. Climate change impacts
nearly 40 million children's access to education each year.
However, the youth presentations at the COP conference highlighted
that the UAE's consensus, which placed young people at the center
of the climate agenda, had taken an important step.
To fulfill the promises of the Paris Agreement and provide
climate solutions for future generations, we must enhance ambitions
and boost actions, meaning that we need to review and strengthen
overall climate goals and establish more ambitious parameters for
national climate plans. This involves contributions from national
governments, national adaptation plans, and clean transportation
solutions. We must ensure the implementation of these initiatives
and promote active climate action," he explained.
Furthermore, according to the official, a crucial element of
this process will be enhancing cooperation and creating synergy
among higher education institutions in Azerbaijan, which will help
form a national scientific community ready to tackle climate
challenges.
"We can help young people acquire the environmental skills
necessary to create a sustainable future and provide deeper
education on climate change to meet the ambitions of children and
youth. According to a Rollback study, 60 percent of young people
feel they are not getting enough information about climate
change.
This underscores the need for more active integration of the
climate agenda into the education system. It's time to take
decisive steps to create a more sustainable world for our children
and future generations," Babayev added.
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 world's center, receiving about
70–80,000 foreign guests.
At the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in June 1992, the United
Nations signed the Framework Convention on Climate Change as an
agreement 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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