BAKU, Azerbaijan, November 13. The COP29 platform will host meetings with leaders and authorities of 15 African countries, where new ideas at the global level will be discussed in detail, Denis Sassou Nguesso, the President of the Republic of Congo said at the National Pavilion of the Congo's Blue Zone in Baku, Trend reports.
Noting that there are plans to turn every city in Congo into a green city, the president announced that thousands of trees have been planted for this purpose.
“I have sent certain directives to all authorities so that the entire population, our people, will take care of preserving these planted trees. It would be more appropriate if this issue is monitored by the youth. We have organized various conferences and events on forestry in Brazzaville and other cities.
We are currently organizing a series of major events within COP29 that will work together with 15 African countries, as well as Caribbean countries, to ensure that natural resources are dedicated to greening development and included in each country's GDP. On November 13, at the COP29 platform, we—leaders and authorities from 15 African countries—will meet and discuss all these issues in detail.
Here we will discuss new global ideas. This means that natural wealth should be taken into account as a value of the country's GDP," added the President of Congo.
To note, the 29th session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29), which will run until November 22, opened on November 11 at the Baku Olympic Stadium.
The event is the largest organized by Azerbaijan to date and is the first time the region has hosted the event in Azerbaijan. Within COP29, the highest-level event - the summit of world leaders on climate action - will be held 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. The COP29 chairmanship has launched 14 initiatives that include linkages between climate action and the Sustainable Development Goals, including green energy corridors, green energy storage, harmony for climate resilience, clean hydrogen, methane reduction in organic waste, action on green digital technologies, and other topics.
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