BAKU, Azerbaijan, November 6. COP29 will be a key event not only for the climate agenda but also for the implementation of the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), UN Resident Coordinator in Azerbaijan Vladanka Andreeva said at the conference “For sustainable development of Azerbaijan: presentation of the Common Platform and National Standard on Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance (ESG)”, Trend reports.
“COP29 will be a key event not only for the climate agenda but also for the implementation of the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals. The coming years will require decisive action—the window of opportunity is rapidly shrinking, and we are running out of time to make ambitious commitments and negotiate funding for these initiatives on a global scale, ensuring that no one is left behind. We need everyone's efforts. Businesses and the private sector must become part of this climate initiative. Your role in the years ahead will be significant, and we need to move now to keep global warming below 1.5°C,” she added.
In just less than a week’s time, the 29th session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29) will be kicking off in Azerbaijan, the decision of which was made at the plenary meeting of COP28 held in Dubai in December last year.
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.
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