Prominent speakers at the event included Ed Miliband, Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero; Mukhtar Babayev, COP29 President and Representative of the President of Azerbaijan on Climate Issues; Marina Silva, Minister of Environment and Climate Change of Brazil; Rachel Kyte, UK Special Representative for Climate; Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London; Nigar Arpadarai, the UN Climate Change High-Level Champion for COP29; and others.
The forum also featured the launch of the publication “Becoming Nature Positive: Transitioning to a Safe and Just Future.” The activities of the Global South NGO Platform were a key focus at the event.
In his address, Ramil Iskandarli emphasized that the Global South must be at the center of nature-based solutions to ensure a just, inclusive, and sustainable future.
“We advocate for large-scale, risk-mitigated financing for nature-based solutions in the Global South. Civil society voices from the Global South must be heard in climate decision-making,” he stated.
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