Biennial Transparency Reports To Be Highlighted During COP29 In Azerbaijan's Baku
Date
10/11/2024 10:08:22 AM
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
BAKU, Azerbaijan, October 11. Within the
framework of Azerbaijan's chairmanship of COP29, an event titled
“Activating Global Support for Universal Climate Transparency” was
held during Pre-COP in Baku, Trend reports.
“The event was orchestrated to catalyze the timely submission of
Biennial Transparency Reports (BTRs) in 2024 and to amplify a
diverse array of financial and technical support, empowering
countries to successfully finalize these reports,” the information
noted.
The Chief Negotiator of the COP29, Yalchin Rafiyev, shared
information about the events planned under the Baku Global Platform
for Climate Transparency (BTR) and informed the Pre-COP
stakeholders about the upcoming transparency events at the COP29 in
November, including the Ministerial Meeting and the meeting on the
Declaration on Climate Transparency.
Note that each country participating in the Paris Agreement on
Climate Change is showcasing its specific climate change actions,
such as reductions in greenhouse gas emissions and other measures,
through the BTRs.
The 29th session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN
Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29) will be held this
November in Azerbaijan. The decision was made at the plenary
meeting of COP28 held in Dubai on December 11 last year. Within two
weeks, Baku will become the center of the world and will host about
70-80,000 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
abbreviation COP (Conference of Parties) means“Conference of
Parties” and 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
otherwise decided by the parties, COP is held annually. The first
COP event was held in March 1995 in Germany's Berlin with its
secretariat in Bonn.
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