BAKU, Azerbaijan, November 13. As part of COP29 in Baku, Trend News Agency proudly presents COP for Hope, a special project offering an unparalleled platform to hear from world leaders and trailblazers in politics, economics, science, and ecology, all united by a shared commitment to addressing today’s pressing climate challenges.
Journalist Mohammad Shafiqul Alam from Bangladesh was our next interviewee.
He told Trend that Baku is a fantastically beautiful city.
“Before coming here, I never thought Baku would be as beautiful as I read about it.
I come from a very vulnerable, most climate crisis-prone, small country. Therefore, my message to the rich countries of the global North is that they should support the global South, which is the most affected by climate change, and not delay their efforts.
We have had enough negotiations with many developed countries towards combating climate change. However, we want the Western countries to make more efforts - real efforts," he added.
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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