In a recent letter to climate negotiators and stakeholders, COP29 President Mukhtar Babayev outlined an ambitious vision for this year’s UN climate conference in Baku, Azerbaijan. The letter emphasizes two key pillars: enhancing ambition and enabling action, with climate finance as the top priority.
Babayev stressed the urgency of addressing climate change, calling it a “real and present danger” affecting billions worldwide. He highlighted several key focus areas for COP29:
- Agreeing on a new collective quantified goal (NCQG) for climate finance
- Finalizing the operationalization of Article 6 of the Paris Agreement
- Fully operationalizing the Loss and Damage Fund
- Encouraging countries to submit ambitious, 1.5°C-aligned Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs)
- Advancing work on National Adaptation Plans and adaptation finance
- Improving transparency through Biennial Transparency Reports
The COP29 Presidency plans to engage with various stakeholders, including the G7, G20, multilateral financial institutions, and the private sector, to build momentum for climate action. Babayev emphasized the need for inclusive and transparent negotiations, calling on all parties to work together to make COP29 a success.
The letter concludes with a call to action, urging all participants to come to Baku ready to enhance ambition and enable action, as “billions of people are counting on you to meet these responsibilities and seize these opportunities.”
COP29 Two Week Agenda and Thematic Days
November 11 COP29 Opening
November 12 World Leaders Climate Action Summit
November 13 World Leaders Climate Action Summit
November 14 Finance, Investment and Trade
November 15 Energy / Peace, Relief and Recovery
November 16 Science, Technology and Innovation / Digitalisation
November 17 Rest Day and No Thematic Programming
November 18 Human Capital / Children and Youth / Health / Education
November 19 Food, Agriculture and Water
November 20 Urbanisation / Transport / Tourism
November 21 Nature and Biodiversity / Indigenous People / Gender Equality / Oceans and Coastal Zones
November 22 Final Negotiations
Key Calendar Moments
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Heads of Delegation Retreat |
July 26-27 |
Shamakhi, Azerbaijan |
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BTR Workshops for Regional Groups |
September |
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11th Technical Expert Dialogue and 3rd meeting under the Ad Hoc Work Programme on the NCQG |
September 10-13 |
Azerbaijan |
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3rd meeting of the Board of the Fund for responding to Loss and Damage |
September 18-20 |
Baku, Azerbaijan |
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High-Level Energy Dialogue co-hosted with IEA |
September |
New York, United States |
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Methane Workshop co-hosted with IEA |
October |
Baku, Azerbaijan |
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High-Level Ministerial Dialogue on the NCQG |
October 9 |
Baku, Azerbaijan |
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Pre-COP |
October 10-11 |
Baku, Azerbaijan |
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2nd Business and Philanthropy Climate Forum |
November |
Baku, Azerbaijan |
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Methane and non-CO2 greenhouse Gases Summit |
November |
Baku, Azerbaijan |
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World Leaders Climate Action Summit |
November 12-13 |
Baku, Azerbaijan |
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COP29 |
November 11-22 |
Baku, Azerbaijan |
Table source: https://cop29.az/
