BAKU, Azerbaijan, November 19. The Baku Harmoniya Climate Initiative for farmers means a solution bringing coherence and clarity to the complex landscape of climate and agriculture projects, Azerbaijani Deputy Minister of Agriculture Ilhama Gadimova said during the COP29 event themed "Launch of Baku Harmoniya Climate Initiative for Farmers: Empowering Farmers for Climate Resilience" today, Trend reports.
"We stand at the crossroads of accelerating climate change and growing global food instability. This initiative is more timely and necessary than ever. Imagine yourself as a farmer facing unpredictable rainfall, rising temperatures, and an increasing water shortage.
There are solutions - technologies, financing, partnerships - but searching for them among a multitude of initiatives is like trying to find a needle in a haystack. This is the gap that Baku Harmoniya aims to fill.
There are more than 90 such global initiatives in the world, and the problem is not the lack of action, but the lack of coordination. Baku Harmoniya serves as the conductor of this orchestra, aligning efforts for maximum impact," the official 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 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.
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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