BAKU, Azerbaijan, October 7. Nakhchivan Energy Service held an information session dedicated to COP29, Trend reports.
Representatives of 17 structures of Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic (NAR) Energy Service participated in the event.
“Deputy heads of the Service Maharram Abbasov and Tural Murtuzaliyev informed about renewable energy projects to be implemented in Azerbaijan and the country's steps to combat climate change,” the information says.
Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan has been declared a green energy zone.
The theme “Green Energy Zones and Corridors” is among 14 initiatives of Azerbaijan at the 29th session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.
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 Berlin, and its secretariat is located in Bonn.