BAKU, Azerbaijan, November 17. The second day
of the Parliamentary Meeting at COP29, jointly organized by the
Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) and the Azerbaijani Parliament, has
kicked off in Baku. The event is attended by IPU Vice-President
from Azerbaijan, MP Sevil Mikayilova.
The meeting will feature sessions on the following topics:
– “Addressing climate vulnerability: promoting a comprehensive and
equitable approach to climate action”
– “Harnessing technology to tackle climate change and ensuring fair
access”
– “Efforts to safeguard health and food security in the face of a
changing climate”
– “Navigating human mobility and climate change: addressing
climate-induced migration and displacement”
The 29th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP29) to the
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
officially began in Baku on November 11.
The UNFCCC is an agreement signed at the Earth Summit in Rio de
Janeiro in June 1992, aimed at preventing dangerous human
interference with the climate system. The acronym “COP” (Conference
of the Parties) refers to the highest legislative body of the
convention, which oversees its implementation.
The convention has 198 parties, and COP meetings are held
annually unless otherwise agreed. The first COP took place in March
1995 in Berlin, with the convention’s secretariat based in
Bonn.
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