BAKU, Azerbaijan, November 5. The program for events scheduled as part of the 29th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29) has been announced, Trend reports via the official COP29 website.
The program is set to roll out a smorgasbord of sessions, workshops, and keynote speeches covering hot-button issues like climate action, sustainability, and global partnership, as the website pointed out.
To note, in under a week, Azerbaijan will host COP29, the decision about which was made at the COP28 plenary meeting held in Dubai on December 11 last year.
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 inaugural COP event took place in March 1995 in the bustling city of Berlin, Germany, with its secretariat setting up shop in Bonn.
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