At the upcoming 29th session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29), which will be held in Baku, one of the central topics will be the issue of the Caspian Sea's shrinkage.
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Azerbaijan has also embraced environmental protection as one of the main directions of its domestic and foreign policies. In this context, hosting COP29 clearly showcases Azerbaijan’s contribution to global ecological security.
In a series of high-level meetings during the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), Mukhtar Babayev, the COP29 president-designate and Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of
Mukhtar Babayev, COP29 President-Designate and Azerbaijan's Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources, underscored the importance of fully operationalizing the Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage.
Less than two months remain before the start of the 29th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29), which promises to be crucial and potentially fateful.
The Caspian Sea, the largest inland body of water in the world, sometimes also calleed the world’s largest lake, since it is no longer connected to the World Ocean, is a remnant of the ancient Paratethys Sea. It is estimated to be about 30 million years old and became landlocked around 5.5 million years ago.
The forum is part of a series of climate dialogues ahead of the 29th session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, which will take place in Baku from November 11 to 22.
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev reviewed the ongoing preparations for COP29 at the Baku Olympic Stadium.
The following article is based on research conducted under the State Department’s Title VIII Fellowship, for the Black Sea Program at MEI. During summer 2024, the author traveled to Baku and Karabakh and interviewed 15 policymakers from various government ministries, the private sector, academia, the parliament, and energy agencies.
Azerbaijan's COP29 summit in November 2024 will spotlight global climate action, focusing on emissions cuts and green energy goals.
As one of the five littoral states—the others being Kazakhstan, Russia, Iran, and Turkmenistan—Azerbaijan is the most dependent upon the Caspian.
On August 27, under the leadership of Samir Nuriyev, the head of the Presidential Administration of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the chairman of the Organizing Committee for the 29th
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King Charles III received the Minister of Ecology of Azerbaijan, appointed President of the 29th session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29), Mukhtar Babayev.
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The final text of the Host Country Agreement between the Government of Azerbaijan and the Secretariat of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) will be ready soon.
The fifth meeting of the Organizing Committee has been held in connection with the 29th session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29).