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, AzVision.az reports citing the statement released by parliament. 

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.

More about: #Baku   #Azerbaijan   #COP29