Day: November 19, 2024

The global fight against climate change received a significant boost today as leaders from business, finance, and philanthropic sectors pledged transformative actions at the COP29 Business, Investment, and Philanthropy Climate Platform (BIPCP). With asset owners controlling $10 trillion committing to accelerate private capital deployment into climate markets, COP29 is positioning itself as a pivotal moment for sustainable development.

Without agricultural production transformation, there will be no climate justice and it’s impossible to achieve the 1.5-degree target

The Declaration on reducing methane emissions in the organic waste sector will be adopted today as part of the COP29 climate conference, COP29’s Lead Negotiator, Azerbaijan’s Deputy Foreign Minister Yalchin Rafiyev said at a press conference, according to

Aydın Safikhanli, the head of the Office of the Ombudsman of the Republic of Azerbaijan, participated in a key side event at COP29 focused on “Ensuring Children’s Right to Health in the Context of Climate Change,” Azernews reports.

In January-October 2024, the production of electricity in Azerbaijan increased by over 80 per cent, Azernews reports, citing Azerbaijan’s Energy Ministry.

Abkhazia profile  BBC

Vice-President of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation Leyla Aliyeva, along with Princess Dana Firas of Jordan, President of the Petra National Trust and UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador, and Aruna Francesca, ICCROM Director-General, have watched the play “Mangurt” at the Azerbaijan State Pantomime Theatre, Azernews reports.

South Sudan has been suffering from severe floods since 2019, and natural disasters have affected the lives of more than 3 million residents of the country

In a powerful statement delivered today at COP29, United Nations Executive Secretary Simon Stiell called on world leaders to deliver on their promises and prioritize an ambitious new finance goal at the climate summit, Azernews reports.

Protesters, government in Georgia’s separatist region of Abkhazia reach agreement to end unrest  Middletown Press