BAKU, Azerbaijan, October 11. Within the framework of Azerbaijan's chairmanship of COP29, an event titled “Activating Global Support for Universal Climate Transparency” was held during Pre-COP in Baku, Trend reports.
“The event was orchestrated to catalyze the timely submission of Biennial Transparency Reports (BTRs) in 2024 and to amplify a diverse array of financial and technical support, empowering countries to successfully finalize these reports,” the information noted.
The Chief Negotiator of the COP29, Yalchin Rafiyev, shared information about the events planned under the Baku Global Platform for Climate Transparency (BTR) and informed the Pre-COP stakeholders about the upcoming transparency events at the COP29 in November, including the Ministerial Meeting and the meeting on the Declaration on Climate Transparency.
Note that each country participating in the Paris Agreement on Climate Change is showcasing its specific climate change actions, such as reductions in greenhouse gas emissions and other measures, through the BTRs.
The 29th session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29) will be held this November in Azerbaijan. The decision was made at the plenary meeting of COP28 held in Dubai on December 11 last year. Within two weeks, Baku will become the center of the world and will host about 70-80,000 foreign guests.
The UN 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. The abbreviation COP (Conference of Parties) means “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 Germany's Berlin with its secretariat in Bonn.