European Commissioner Participates In Pre-COP29 Meeting In Azerbaijan
Date
10/10/2024 2:10:17 AM
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
BAKU, Azerbaijan, October 10. On 10 and 11
October, Commissioner for Climate Action Wopke Hoekstra will
participate in the Pre-COP29 meeting in Baku, Azerbaijan, the EU
delegation in Azerbaijan told Trend .
Today, Commissioner Hoekstra will attend the Plenary discussion
'Road to COP29' and three breakout sessions held during the day on
climate mitigation, adaptation to climate change and loss and
damage, and the new collective quantified goal on climate finance
(NCQG). This week, the Council of the EU has approved conclusions
on climate finance, while the EU negotiating mandate for COP29 is
expected to be agreed at the Environment Council meeting of 15th
October.
The Commissioner will also give a keynote speech and participate
in a panel discussion at a side event called 'Roadmap to Mission
1.5', on preparing the next round of Nationally Determined
Contributions (NDCs) for next year, and aligning them with the
Paris Agreement goal of limiting global temperature rise to
1.5C.
The Commissioner will also have bilateral meetings with: Amina
J. Mohammed, UN Deputy Secretary-General and Chair of the UN
Sustainable Development Group; Yasmine Fouad, Egyptian Minister of
Environment; Olga Givernet, French Minister-Delegate for Energy,
attached to the Minister for the Ecological Transition, Energy, the
Climate and Risk Prevention; and Grace Fu, Minister for
Sustainability and the Environment of Singapore. In the evening, he
will take part in a Ministerial dinner organised by the COP29
Presidency.
On Friday, Commissioner Hoekstra will attend the Plenary
discussions, focused on unlocking the potential of carbon markets
via Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, and taking forward the
outcomes of the first Global Stocktake of the Paris Agreement. He
will also meet bilaterally during the day with the German State
Secretary and Special Envoy for International Climate Action,
Jennifer Morgan; the Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the
Environment of South Africa, Dion George; and the Minister of
Ecology and Natural Resources of Kazakhstan, Yerlan
Nyssanbayev.
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