Azerbaijan Releases COP29 Events Program In Baku
Date
11/5/2024 7:12:57 AM
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
BAKU, Azerbaijan, November 5. The program for
events scheduled as part of the 29th session of the conference of
the Parties to the United Nations Framework convention on Climate
Change (COP29) has been announced, Trend reports via the official
COP29 website .
The program is set to roll out a smorgasbord of sessions,
workshops, and keynote speeches covering hot-button issues like
climate action, sustainability, and global partnership, as the
website pointed out.
To note, in under a week, Azerbaijan will host COP29, the
decision about which was made at the COP28 plenary meeting held in
Dubai on December 11 last year.
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
inaugural COP event took place in March 1995 in the bustling city
of Berlin, Germany, with its secretariat setting up shop in
Bonn.
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