BAKU, Azerbaijan, November 14. Baku will host a
Parliamentary Meeting within the 29th session of the Conference of
the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change
(COP29), jointly organized by the Inter-Parliamentary Union and the
Azerbaijani Parliament on November 16-17, Trend reports via the
parliament’s statement.
According to the statement, the event, bringing together 92
delegations from 66 countries and international organizations, with
up to 330 participants expected, will involve 167 members of
parliament, including 12 speakers and deputy speakers.
The sessions to be held at the Parliamentary Assembly will
discuss the real impacts of climate change, the role of parliaments
in enhancing ambitious climate mitigation efforts to turn climate
commitments into reality and make contributions at the national
level, the development of the global climate finance architecture,
and improving resilience to climate change.
Moreover, the discussions will cover promoting a comprehensive
and fair approach to this field, using technology to fight climate
change and ensure equitable access, efforts to ensure food safety
and health in the face of climate change, managing human
displacement and climate change, and other topics, with a final
document to be adopted.
The event will also include a series of bilateral meetings.
To note, the 29th session of the Conference of the Parties to
the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29)
started in Baku on November 11. The United Nations 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.
A total of 198 countries are Parties to the Convention. Unless
the parties decide otherwise, the COP is held annually. The first
COP event took place in March 1995 in Berlin, and its secretariat
is located in Bonn.
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.
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