The 2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference or Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC, more commonly known as COP29, will be the 29th United Nations Climate Change conference. COP29 will be held in Baku, Azerbaijan.[2] Mukhtar Babayev will preside COP29, while Samir Nuriyev heads the Organising Committee.[2][3]
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| Native name | Birləşmiş Millətlər Təşkilatının İqlim Dəyişikliyi Konfransı (2024) |
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| Date | 11–22 November[1] |
| Location | Baku, Azerbaijan |
| Organised by | Azerbaijan |
| Participants | UNFCCC member countries |
| President | Mukhtar Babayev |
| Previous event | ← Dubai 2023 |
| Next event | → Belém 2025 |
| Website | cop29.com |
COP29 climate committee
editPresidency of COP29
editIn March 2024, Mukhtar Babayev was appointed as COP29 president.[4] He is the Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of Azerbaijan Republic and the former Vice President for Ecology of SOCAR, Azerbaijan's state oil company.[5]
Other members of the COP29 Presidency Team include Yalchin Rafiyev, who serves as the lead negotiator; Elnur Soltanov, the Chief Executive Officer; and Narmin Jarchalova, who is the Chair of the COP29 Azerbaijan Operating Company and Chief Operating Officer. Nigar Arpadarai is the Climate Change High-Level Champion, and Leyla Hasanova is the Youth Climate Champion.[6]
Organising Committee
editThe Organising Committee for COP29 was established by an order of the President of Azerbaijan on January 13, 2024. The committee's composition was subsequently expanded on January 19 and February 22, 2024. Chaired by Samir Nuriyev, Head of the Presidential Administration of Azerbaijan, the committee comprises 56 members, including ministers, members of the National Assembly, and other heads of state authorities.[7]
Background of climate conferences in Azerbaijan
editIn 2018, oikos Baku—a student-led organization—organized model COP23.5, an extended version of Model UN for UNFCCC to train climate change leaders in Azerbaijan.[8][9]
More than 30 delegates attended and represented different countries in the deliberation process of COP23.5.[10]
Criticism
editAccording to the US government's International Trade Administration, oil and gas production comprise half of Azerbaijan's GDP and 92.5% of its export revenue in 2022.[11]
The organizing committee originally consisted of 28 men. After criticism voiced by Christiana Figueres, the Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, and others, another two men and eleven women were added to the panel.[12][13]
Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo announced that she will not attend COP29 in Baku, citing the involvement of the Azerbaijani government in the ethnic cleansing of Armenians in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region in September 2023.[14]
Reception and ideation[clarification needed]
editIn the run up to the COP29 meeting, ministers of the Commonwealth have called for collective action on the oceans and to focus on their management.[15]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ https://unfccc.int/cop29
- ^ a b Gayle, Damien (2024-01-05). "Oil industry veteran to lead next round of Cop climate change summit". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-01-05.
- ^ McGrath, Matt (2024-01-05). "Climate change: Former oil executive Mukhtar Babayev to lead COP29 talks in Azerbaijan". BBC. Retrieved 2024-01-06.
- ^ Babayev, Mukhtar (2024-03-12). "As Cop29 president, I will build bridges between the diverging north and south to keep 1.5C in reach". The Guardian. Retrieved 2024-05-11.
- ^ Lo, Joe (2024-01-04). "Azerbaijan appoint state oil company veteran as Cop29 president". Climate Home News. Retrieved 2024-05-11.
- ^ "The COP29 Presidency Team". Retrieved 2024-09-05.
- ^ "COP29 Organising Committee". Retrieved 2024-09-05.
- ^ Lalayev, Nurlan (2023-12-12). "COP again in Baku after 6 years". Twitter. Retrieved 2024-02-27.
- ^ "oikos Baku COP23.5 announced". oikos International. 2018-05-02. Retrieved 2024-02-27.
- ^ oikos Baku (2018-08-02). "oikos Baku COP23.5 photos". Facebook. Retrieved 2024-02-27.
- ^ Harvey, Fiona; Greenfield, Patrick; and Carrington, Damian (2023-12-09). "Azerbaijan chosen to host Cop29 after fraught negotiations". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-01-19.
- ^ Hughes, Rebecca Ann (2024-01-17). "Azerbaijan's COP29 committee comprises 28 men and no women". Euro News. Retrieved 2024-01-19.
- ^ Carrington, Damian (2024-01-19). "Women added to Cop29 climate summit committee after backlash". The Guardian. Retrieved 2024-01-19.
- ^ Ghazanchyan, Siranush (2024-03-21). "Paris Mayor says will not attend COP29 in Baku". Public Radio of Armenia.
- ^ "Ministers call for collective ocean action ahead of CHOGM and COP29". Commonwealth. Retrieved 2024-04-22.
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