BAKU, Azerbaijan, November 19. Collective actions are needed to save the Caspian Sea, Executive Director of the Agency for State Support of NGOs Aygun Aliyeva said at the forum "Caspian Sea and Sustainable Development: Environmental Protection" held within the framework of COP29, Trend reports.
“Climate change and careless human activities have their consequences, and the evidence is clear. The water is becoming increasingly shallow every year,” she said.
Aliyeva observed that every effort is being woven into the fabric of Azerbaijan to untangle this problem.
“However, these efforts are not enough. The main sources feeding the Caspian Sea originate elsewhere. To save this irreplaceable resource, we need collective action—regional cooperation and global solidarity. The role of civil society, particularly NGOs, is crucial in this,” she noted.
To note, the 29th session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29), which will last until November 22, was opened at the Baku Olympic Stadium on November 11. The event is the largest organized by Azerbaijan to date and is the first time the region has hosted the event in Azerbaijan.
The main expectation from COP29 is to agree on a fair and ambitious New Collective Quantitative Goal (NCQG) on climate finance.
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) means “Conference of Parties” and is the highest legislative body overseeing the implementation of the Framework Convention on Climate Change.
A whopping 198 countries have thrown their hats in the ring as parties to the Convention. Unless the parties decide to change the game plan, COP takes place once a year. The inaugural COP event took place in March 1995 in the bustling city of Berlin, Germany, with its secretariat nestled in Bonn.
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