Central Asian Countries Need To Join Efforts For Renewables' Development - IRENA
Date
11/15/2024 2:11:18 AM
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
BAKU, Azerbaijan, November 15. Central Asian
countries need to join efforts to develop renewable energy sources,
the director general of the International Renewable Energy Agency
(IRENA) Francesco La Camera said at the COP29 Energy Transition
Investment Forum for Central Asia, Trend reports.
“Hosting an investment forum dedicated to the energy transition
under COP29 will play a key role in stimulating investment in the
renewable energy sector in Central Asia. The region has huge
potential in renewable energy. All Central Asian countries must
join efforts to develop renewable energy sources,” he said.
La Camera noted that investment in renewable energy is necessary
to ensure energy security and to ensure the level and limitation of
warming to 1.5 percent.
To note, the 29th session of the Conference of the Parties to
the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29) kicked off in
Baku on November 11.
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
acronym COP (Conference of Parties) stands for“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 Berlin, and its secretariat is
located in Bonn.
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