(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
BAKU, Azerbaijan, November 19. Climate change
and food security, ranking among the most pressing problems in the
world, stand closely interconnected, Executive Director of the
Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research (CGIAR)
Ismahane Elouafi said during the COP29 event themed "Science and
Innovation for Low Emission and Resilient Food Systems" today,
Trend reports.
"We are here because we believe in the power of collective
action, scientific innovation, and strategic cooperation to make
our agricultural systems part of the solution to the climate
crisis. How we produce, process, transport, trade, store, and
consume must be at the heart of our efforts to combat climate
change.
Without significant transformations in these areas, the world
will not be able to achieve its climate and sustainable development
goals.
Given that agriculture plays a critical role both in reducing
emissions and in carbon sequestration, it is disheartening that
only 4.3 percent of climate financing is directed towards
agriculture, and this share continues to decrease.
However, today's session is an opportunity to once again
highlight the science and innovations that can change this
situation," she added.
To note, 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. It is the largest event organized by Azerbaijan to
date, and the first time in the region that it is being held 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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