BAKU, Azerbaijan, November 21. The Baku
Declaration on water resources management will be adopted today,
Head of the Water Mandate of the UN Global Compact Director-General
Jason Morisson told reporters, Trend reports
“Talking about climate change mitigation, we are not moving fast
enough, our ambitions remain insufficiently high, and the results
are still not on track. At the same time, we are increasingly aware
of the importance of climate change adaptation and the need to
build resilience.
At this conference and the next, water and adaptation to climate
change will become key topics of discussion, accompanied by a
global adaptation agenda. I hope we will continue to build on the
Baku Declaration that will be issued today and strengthen this
momentum towards the next conference in Brazil next year,” he
said.
To note, the 29th session of the Conference of the Parties to
the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29), which will
run until November 22, opened at the Baku Olympic Stadium on
November 11. It is the largest event organized by Azerbaijan to
date, and the first time in the region that it is being held in
Azerbaijan.
Within COP29, the highest-level event – the summit of world
leaders on climate action – was held on November 12–13.
The main expectation from COP29 is to agree on a fair and
ambitious New Collective Quantitative Goal (NCQG) on climate
finance. The COP29 Presidency has launched 14 initiatives that
include linkages between climate action and the Sustainable
Development Goals, including green energy corridors, green energy
storage, harmony for climate resilience, clean hydrogen, methane
reduction in organic waste, action on green digital technologies,
and other topics.
In addition to being a top priority that creates the conditions
for action, creating climate finance will also help fulfill the
1.5°C pledge by bringing everyone together.
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) stands for “Conference of Parties” and is
the highest legislative body overseeing the implementation of the
Framework Convention on Climate Change.
A total of 198 countries are parties to the Convention. Unless
otherwise decided by the parties, COP is held annually. The first
COP event was held in March 1995 in Berlin, and its secretariat is
located in Bonn.
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