Climate Change Processes Require Law Enforcement Involvement At Large - UN Official (PHOTO)
Date
11/15/2024 7:13:02 AM
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
BAKU, Azerbaijan, November 15. Law enforcement
agencies must play an active role in climate change processes, said
Ghada Waly, Executive Director of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime
(UNODC) and head of the Vienna Office, Trend reports.
Speaking at the high-level session "Mobilizing Law Enforcement
for Enhanced Climate Action" at COP29, Waly noted that involving
law enforcement is key to strengthening measures for preventing
environmental crimes.
The UN official also praised Azerbaijan for successfully hosting
COP29.
The 29th session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN
Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29), which will run
until November 22, opened at the Baku Olympic Stadium on November
11. The event is the largest organized by Azerbaijan to date and is
the first time the region has hosted the event in Azerbaijan.
Within COP29, the highest level event - the summit of world
leaders on climate action - was held on November 12–13.
The main expectation from COP29 is to agree on a fair and
ambitious New Collective Quantitative Goal (NCQG) on climate
finance. The COP29 chairmanship has launched 14 initiatives that
include linkages between climate action and the Sustainable
Development Goals, including green energy corridors, green energy
storage, harmony for climate resilience, clean hydrogen, methane
reduction in organic waste, action on green digital technologies,
and other topics.
In addition to being a top priority that creates the conditions
for action, creating climate finance will also help fulfill the
1.5°C pledge by bringing everyone together.
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” 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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