2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference

2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference
Native name Birləşmiş Millətlər Təşkilatının İqlim Dəyişikliyi Konfransı (2024)
Date11–22 November
LocationBaku, Azerbaijan
Organised byAzerbaijan
ParticipantsUNFCCC member countries
PresidentMukhtar Babayev
Previous event← Dubai 2023
Next eventBelém 2025
Websitecop29.az

The 2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference or Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC, more commonly known as COP29, was the 29th United Nations Climate Change conference. Held in Baku, Azerbaijan, from 11 to 22 November 2024.[1] Mukhtar Babayev presided, while Samir Nuriyev headed the Organising Committee.[2][3]

The conference concluded with an agreement on plans for finance to mitigate the effects of climate change and help developing nations transition to more sustainable energy sources.[4] Rules and a UN registry were agreed to facilitate and record international trading of carbon credits.[5]

The choice of Azerbaijan as the location for the conference was controversial because it is a major oil and gas producer and authoritarian state with extensive corruption,[6][7][8] with several "official partners" of COP29 being businesses directly owned by President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, or tied to the Aliyev family's businesses.[6][7]

  1. ^ "UN Climate Change Conference Baku - November 2024". UNFCCC. Retrieved 2024-09-09.
  2. ^ Gayle, Damien (2024-01-05). "Oil industry veteran to lead next round of Cop climate change summit". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-01-05.
  3. ^ McGrath, Matt (2024-01-05). "Climate change: Former oil executive Mukhtar Babayev to lead COP29 talks in Azerbaijan". BBC. Retrieved 2024-01-06.
  4. ^ Max Bearak (2024-11-23), "Climate Talks End With a Bitter Fight and a Deal on Money", New York Times, retrieved 2024-11-24
  5. ^ Virginia Furness; Kate Abnett; Simon Jessop (2024-11-23), "COP29 agrees deal to kick-start global carbon credit trading", Reuters, retrieved 2024-11-24.
  6. ^ a b "'Official Partners' of Azerbaijan's COP29 Climate Summit Linked To Ruling Aliyev Family and Their Inner Circle". OCCRP. 2024. Retrieved 2024-11-24.
  7. ^ a b "COP Co-Opted: How corruption and undue influence threaten multilateral climate action" (PDF). Transparency International. 2024.
  8. ^ Kucera, Joshua (2024-11-10). "Azerbaijan Eyes Prestige Boost From Hosting COP29, Despite The Critics". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Retrieved 2024-11-24.

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