Azerbaijan Discusses Steps On Hydrogen Energy At G20 Ministerial Forum In Brazil (PHOTO)
Date
10/5/2024 7:10:24 AM
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
BAKU, Azerbaijan, October 5. Azerbaijan's steps
on hydrogen energy were discussed at a meeting between Energy
Minister Parviz Shahbazov and Chief Executive Officer of the
Hydrogen Council Ivana Jemelkova, Trend reports referring to the Azerbaijani
Energy Ministry.
The discussions took place on the margins of the G20 (G20
countries) ministerial forum in Brazil.
“Azerbaijan is now preparing a hydrogen strategy, as well as
projects providing for the production and export of“green”
hydrogen based on offshore wind energy,” the Minister said.
According to him, a“Hydrogen Declaration” will be adopted at
the upcoming 29th session of the Conference of the Parties to the
UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in November.
“The head of the Hydrogen Council offered assistance to
Azerbaijan for a successful outcome at COP29.“Hydrogen
Declaration“ is one of the energy initiatives of Azerbaijan's
chairmanship of COP29,” the information noted.
To note, the 29th session of the Conference of the Parties to
the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29) will be held
in Azerbaijan in November this year. The decision was made 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 Rio Earth Summit 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 have decided otherwise, COP is held annually. The first
COP event was held in March 1995 in Berlin, and its secretariat is
located in Bonn.
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