BAKU, Azerbaijan, October 3. The Ministry of Science and Education of Azerbaijan has developed an action plan in connection with COP29, the Deputy Science and Education Minister of Azerbaijan Firudin Gurbanov said, Trend reports.
He made the announcement at the event “The Role of Higher Education in Climate Change: Towards the Establishment of the Azerbaijan University Network on Climate Change” at the nation's ADA University.
“Environmental awareness must be cultivated within secondary and tertiary educational institutions. Considering the significant significance of human capital in higher education, it is essential to enhance the development of educational programs in climate education. The Ministry of Science and Education of Azerbaijan has created an action plan pertaining to COP29,” he emphasized.
To note, the 29th session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29) will be held in Azerbaijan in November this year. The decision was made at the plenary meeting of COP28 held in Dubai on December 11 last year. Within two weeks, Baku, having become the center of the world, will host about 70,000-80,000 foreign guests.
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, which 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 the parties have decided otherwise, COP is held annually. The first COP event was held in March 1995 in Germany's Berlin with its secretariat in Bonn.
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