BAKU, Azerbaijan, November 12. Deputy Prime Minister of the People's Republic of China Ding Xuexiang arrived in the Republic of Azerbaijan to attend the 29th session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29),TurkicWorld reports.
At the Heydar Aliyev International Airport, the guest was welcomed by Deputy Minister of Labor and Social Protection of the Population of Azerbaijan Hidayat Abdullayev and officials.
To note, the 29th session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29), which will last until November 22, opened in Baku today.
This event is the largest organized by Azerbaijan to date, and for the first time, it is held in this region in Azerbaijan.
A top-level event - a summit of world leaders on climate action - will be held within COP29 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.
In addition to being a top priority that creates the conditions for action, climate finance will also contribute to the 1.5°C commitment 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.
