BAKU, Azerbaijan, November 12. We have witnessed in a very short period that COP29 has been organized in a really important way, facilitating dialogue, the Assistant to the President of the US and National Climate Advisor of the White House Ali Zaidi said at the 29th session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29), Trend reports.
He expressed hope that COP29 will be a platform to further build on the confidence built in Dubai and reflected in the UAE's consensus to openly talk about the need to start moving away from fossil fuels.
“I hope that this will be a COP event where progress will be made on the Dubai goals of tripling the use of renewable energy. I am confident that the world can move forward by rallying around important ambitions," the US President's aide emphasized.
The 29th session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29), which will last until November 22, was opened at the Baku Olympic Stadium on November 11. The event is the largest organized by Azerbaijan to date and is the first time the region has hosted the event in Azerbaijan.
The highest-level event, the summit of world leaders on climate action, will be held within the framework of COP29 on November 12–13.
The main expectation from COP29 is to agree on a fair and ambitious New Collective Quantitative Goal (NCQG) on climate finance.
In addition to making climate finance a top priority and setting the stage for action, this will also contribute to meeting the 1.5°C commitment by bringing everyone together.
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” 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 Berlin, and its secretariat is located in Bonn.
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