COP29 President-designate, Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of Azerbaijan Mukhtar Babayev has met with French Energy Minister Olga Givernet, who is on a visit to Azerbaijan, the publication of the COP29 presidency on X said, AzVision.az reports.

“During the meeting, it was highlighted that advancements in sustainable energy solutions and innovative energy storage technologies are pivotal components of the COP29 strategic framework,” the publication reads.

To note, the 29th session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29) will be held this November in Azerbaijan. The decision was made at the plenary meeting of COP28 held in Dubai on December 11 last year. Within two weeks, Baku will become the center of the world and will host about 70-80,000 foreign guests.

The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change is an agreement signed at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in June 1992 to prevent dangerous human interference in the climate system. The abbreviation COP (Conference of Parties) means “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 Germany's Berlin with its secretariat in Bonn.

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