BAKU, Azerbaijan, November 18. The "Green Hospitals" project is expected to gradually become a reality within the next five years, Azerbaijan's Health Minister Teymur Musayev said at a press conference as part of COP29, Trend reports.
"I would like to highlight two key points regarding the impact of climate change on health. First, as the Secretary-General of the World Health Organization, Tedros, has stated, the climate crisis is also a health crisis. Second, the fight against climate change must be strengthened through three main pillars.
The first pillar is the development of medical professionals. The second is the adoption of new technologies and digitization. The third is the introduction of a new economic model.
This year, the Azerbaijan Medical University has introduced a course on "Climate Change and Health" for second-year medical students. We believe that a sustainable medical education, grounded in modern technologies, will help accelerate the implementation of this vision," 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 at the Baku Olympic Stadium on November 11. It is the largest event organized by Azerbaijan to date, and the first time in the region that it is being held in Azerbaijan.
Within COP29, the highest level event - the summit of world leaders on climate action – was 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 Presidency 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.
In addition to being a top priority that creates the conditions for action, creating climate finance will also help fulfill the 1.5°C pledge 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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