BAKU, Azerbaijan, August 25. Over 60 documents are expected to be adopted during the 29th session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29), Lead Negotiator of the event and Deputy Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan Yalchin Rafiyev said during the "29 Climate Conversations: Road to COP29" media workshop in Baku, TurkicWorld reports.
Drawing attention to the magnitude of COP29, Rafiyev unveiled the session's comprehensive agenda.
"The opening ceremony will take place in Baku on November 11, followed by a summit of government representatives on November 12–13. From November 14 to 22, we will host thematic days covering various topics such as agriculture, food, and other key areas. These days will feature both formal and informal platforms. We are encouraged by the constructive approach of the participating states," he stated.
Additionally, Rafiyev brought out the fact that in Azerbaijan's Shamakhi, delegates from several nations recently met informally to talk about important topics for the COP29 agenda. Such meetings will continue leading up to the conference.
"In total, more than 60 documents on energy, agriculture, technology, and other topics are expected to be adopted during COP29, which will take place from November 11 to 22. This conference is set to be the COP with the highest number of adopted documents in the past five years," the lead negotiator added.
The New Collective Quantified Goal on Climate Finance (NCQG), which Rafiyev characterized as a critical test for numerous states in preserving the relevance of the Paris Agreement, is one of the important papers set to be endorsed at COP29.
"Adoption of this paper guarantees that every developing nation has the required resources to support their climate action programs. The ambition is currently high, with nations recognizing that ambitious targets, such as emission reductions, are essential to achieving the 1.5°C goal. However, realizing these ambitions requires financial support, along with technology and capacity building," he explained.
This November, Azerbaijan will host COP29. This decision was made at the COP28 plenary meeting held in Dubai on December 11 last year. Baku will become the center of the world and will receive about 70–80,000 foreign guests.
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 with the climate system. COP - the Conference of the Parties - is the highest legislative body overseeing the implementation of the Framework Convention on Climate Change. There are 198 countries that are parties to the Convention. Unless the parties agree otherwise, the COP is held annually. The first COP event took place in March 1995 in Germany's Berlin, with its secretariat in Bonn.
