TASHKENT, Uzbekistan, November 1. Uzbekistan will participate in the 29th session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29) in Azerbaijan, Trend reports via the Ministry of Energy of Uzbekistan.
As part of COP29, the government of Uzbekistan will present a National Pavilion that reflects the traditional principles and technologies underlying Uzbek culture, history, and unique environment.
The pavilion, designed in the style of a traditional Uzbek courtyard (hovli), will convey the atmosphere of an internal courtyard, which has been the heart of every Uzbek home for generations. Here, nature becomes a part of the home: greenery and vine-covered areas create shade and comfort, while traditional materials and ancient building methods embody ideals of sustainability and environmental friendliness.
The two-week conference program will include high-level plenary sessions, a Summit of World Leaders on Climate Change, Executive Council meetings, coordination meetings, a Youth Climate Forum, a Global Climate Action Summit, the 17th Nairobi Program of Work Coordinators' Forum, round tables, and seminars on topics such as finance, investment, trade, green energy, technology and innovation, health, human development and youth, food, agriculture, water resources, nature and biodiversity, transport and tourism, gender equality, and more.
A number of initiatives are planned for COP29, including the organization of over 20 events within the National Pavilion with the participation of the Ministry of Water Resources, the Ministry of Energy, and the Ministry of Economy and Finance, as well as various bilateral and multilateral meetings and the signing of agreements with regional and international partners and donors.
Specifically, the following key events are planned within the National Pavilion:
- an official signing ceremony for the International Youth Strategy in collaboration with the International Public Fund "Zamin," featuring representatives from all participating countries as well as presentations of environmental educational projects and initiatives.
- a meeting of the Ministers of the Turkic Environmental Forum from the Organization of Turkic States (OTS) and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO).
- an event regarding the Climate Migration Declaration (Silk Road Declaration) with member countries of the UN International Organization for Migration (IOM), planned as a joint initiative between Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan.
- an event for the Multi-Partner Trust Fund for the Aral Sea region, organized in collaboration with the UNDP coordination office in Uzbekistan.
Overall, active participation of the Uzbek national delegation is planned in negotiation sessions and other key and ancillary meetings of the conference.
In a mere ten days, Azerbaijan will host COP29, the decision about which was made at the COP28 plenary meeting held in Dubai on December 11 last year.
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is an agreement signed at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in June 1992 to prevent dangerous human interference with the climate system. COP—the Conference of the Parties—is the highest legislative body overseeing the implementation of the Framework Convention on Climate Change. There are 198 countries that are parties to the Convention. Unless the parties agree otherwise, the COP is held annually. The first COP event took place in March 1995 in Germany's Berlin with its secretariat in Bonn.
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