BAKU, Azerbaijan, November 17. Urgent measures must be taken in response to climate change, said Irene Moreira, a member of the Senate of Uruguay, Trend reports.
Speaking at the session titled "Efforts to safeguard health and food security in the face of a changing climate" at COP29 Parliamentary Meeting organized jointly by the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) and Azerbaijani Parliament, Moreira stressed the importance of implementing policies to enhance the resilience of communities, particularly those who rely directly on the land for their livelihoods.
"It is crucial to promote concrete actions to fight climate change that contribute to public health, agricultural infrastructure development, and food security for all," she said.
Moreira further highlighted that extreme weather events such as heatwaves, droughts, and floods affect not only infrastructure and ecosystems but also public health.
"Heatwaves, for example, increase mortality rates, particularly among vulnerable populations such as the elderly and children. Floods and droughts, in turn, can spread infectious diseases and threaten access to clean water," Moreira added.
Vice President of the IPU from Azerbaijan, MP Sevil Mikayilova, is also participating in the COP29 Parliamentary Meeting.
The 29th session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29), which will run until November 22, opened at the Baku Olympic Stadium on November 11.
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.