BAKU, Azerbaijan, November 17. A session titled "Efforts to safeguard health and food security in the face of a changing climate" has been held in Baku as part of the Parliamentary Meeting held alongside COP29, Trend reports.
The event is jointly organized by the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) and Azerbaijani Parliament.
The session will focus on the effects of climate change on human health, with particular attention to the challenges posed by food insecurity.
Participants will discuss how parliaments can adopt comprehensive and collaborative approaches to address issues related to health and climate.
The agenda also includes exploring strategies to reduce losses in the agricultural and fisheries sectors, which are significant contributors to food insecurity and malnutrition.
IPU Vice-President from Azerbaijan, MP Sevil Mikayilova is also taking part in the event.
The 29th session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29) kicked off in Baku on November 11.
The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, established at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in June 1992, aims to prevent dangerous human interference with the climate system. COP, which stands for Conference of the Parties, is the convention’s highest decision-making body, tasked with overseeing its implementation.
The convention includes 198 member states. COP meetings are typically held annually unless otherwise decided. The first COP meeting was held in March 1995 in Berlin, and its secretariat is based in Bonn, Germany.
