BAKU, Azerbaijan, November 16. A session themed "Setting the scene: understanding the real impact of climate change " was held within COP29 Parliamentary Meeting organized jointly by the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) and Azerbaijani Parliament, Trend reports.
The session featured speeches from people leading the fight against climate change, including youth, representatives of indigenous peoples, and communities most vulnerable to climate impacts, shared their experiences and discussed the realities they face in order to inspire collective efforts to overcome the climate crisis.
During the discussions, key climate priorities for humanity were highlighted, and the foundations were laid for the upcoming Parliamentary meeting.
Co-chair of the International and Local Peoples Forum on Climate Change, lawyer Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim said that indigenous peoples may disappear without climate finance.
“No one talks about what is happening in Chad to our people. Indigenous peoples are the most affected, as we live and depend on nature,” she said.
The lawyer noted that developed countries must pay for the damage they have done to the climate. However, they are still discussing financing.
“Funding is needed right now, it's a matter of humanity. It's a question of people's survival. It's not about economics, it's not about the development of developed countries. It's about the survival of all of us, and as parliamentarians, you can hold your governments accountable. We need to put money on the table so that my people can survive. Otherwise, we will just disappear. This is the problem of all indigenous peoples - from the Arctic to the Amazon, from the small developing islands of the Pacific Ocean to the mountains of the Himalayas,” she said.
The Speaker of the Albanian Parliament Elisa Spiropali noted that Albania prioritizes energy transition as a key factor in reducing emissions.
“The country's production activities are 100 percent based on renewable energy sources. In an effort to diversify and strengthen our energy performance, we have embarked on a transformation plan.
Our long-term strategy envisages increasing renewable energy capacity with a focus on solar, wind, and hydropower.
Albania reached an important milestone in 2023, becoming a net exporter of energy produced domestically through hydropower," the speaker said.
To note, the Parliamentary Meeting started its work in Baku within COP29 under the joint organization of the Inter-Parliamentary Union and Azerbaijani Parliament. Sevil Mikayilova, the Vice President of the IPU from Azerbaijan and a member of the Azerbaijani parliament, is taking part in the event.
The two-day event will bring together 92 delegations from 66 countries and international organizations, up to 330 participants, 167 Members of Parliament led by 12 Speakers and Deputy Speakers.
Sessions at the Parliamentary Meeting will discuss the real impacts of climate change, the parliaments' role in making climate commitments a reality and raising mitigation ambition and implementing nationally determined contributions, unpacking the global climate finance architecture and mobilizing resources and streamlining access to climate finance, enhancing resilience in the face of climate change and scaling up adaptation and strengthening local empowerment. The final document will be adopted.
The event will also include several bilateral meetings.
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