BAKU, Azerbaijan, November 16. COP29 reflects Azerbaijan's commitment to advancing climate solutions, the President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Tulia Ackson said at a parliamentary meeting within COP29 organized jointly by the IPU and Azerbaijani Parliament, Trend reports.
“We, Members of Parliament, express our sincere gratitude to the Baku city for hosting COP29, a platform that reflects Azerbaijan's commitment to promote climate solutions and set high standards for global cooperation on climate action. We also express our gratitude to the Parliament of the Republic of Azerbaijan," she said.
Ackson noted that the decisions taken at COP29 will determine the lives of future generations.
“Gathered here at COP29, we must recognize that some 733 million people, that is one in eleven of the world's inhabitants, are currently suffering from hunger, a crisis exacerbated by the inexorable effects of climate change. We stand at a threshold where ambition must turn into action and words into real change,” the IPU President emphasized.
To note, the Parliamentary Meeting started its work in Baku within COP29 under the joint organization of the Inter-Parliamentary Union and Azerbaijani Parliament. Sevil Mikayilova, the Vice President of the IPU from Azerbaijan and a member of the Azerbaijani parliament, is taking part in the event.
The two-day event will bring together 92 delegations from 66 countries and international organizations, up to 330 participants, 167 Members of Parliament led by 12 Speakers and Deputy Speakers.
Sessions at the Parliamentary Meeting will discuss the real impacts of climate change, the parliaments' role in making climate commitments a reality and raising mitigation ambition and implementing nationally determined contributions, unpacking the global climate finance architecture and mobilizing resources and streamlining access to climate finance, enhancing resilience in the face of climate change and scaling up adaptation and strengthening local empowerment. The final document will be adopted.
The event will also include several bilateral meetings.
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