The 2024 UN Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC COP 29) is being held in Baku, Azerbaijan, from November 11–22. This event includes the 29th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 29), the 19th meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP 19), and the sixth meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement (CMA 6). These sessions will focus on completing the first enhanced transparency framework and defining a new collective finance goal, among other priorities. The Subsidiary Bodies for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA 61) and Implementation (SBI 61) will also meet.
The opening session on November 11, 2024, featured His Excellency Dr. Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, President of COP 28/CMP 18/CMA 5; His Excellency Mr. Mukhtar Babayev, President-designate of COP 29/CMP 19/CMA 6; and Mr. Simon Stiell, Executive Secretary of the UNFCCC.
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The first day of events began with the opening of COP 29, followed by the openings of CMP 19 and CMA 6. This initial plenary session covers key topics on the agenda, including:
- Opening and Organizational Matters
- Reports from Subsidiary Bodies
- Party Reporting and Review
- Adaptation Efforts
- Loss and Damage Mechanism
- Finance and Funding
- Technology Transfer
- Capacity-building and Support for Vulnerable Nations
- Response Measures and Global Progress Review
- Gender and Climate Change
- Proposed Amendments to the Convention
- Administrative and Institutional Matters
- High-level Statements and Closing
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In addition to the opening session and initial plenary meetings, Day 1 features a range of press conferences, collaborative events, technical sessions, and dialogues, including:
- USCAN: Indigenous Perspective About Likely COP Outcomes – Press Conference
- Coshare Environment: Sub-national action on Climate Change and Cultural Heritage Protection – Press Conference
- Global Campaign to Demand Climate Justice (DCJ) – Press Conference
- Vanderbilt University – Press Conference
- CAN International – Press Conference
- COAST Trust – Press Conference
- ActionAid International: Climate finance: State of Play – Press Conference
- Earth Information Day 2024- Mandated event
- LCIPP Multi stakeholder Dialogue- Mandated event
- CEED – Press Conference
- Greenpeace International : Greenpeace COP 29 expectations in the wake of the US election – Press Conference
- WMO : State of Climate 2024 Update – Press Conference
- Center for Biological Diversity
- Technical event on “Share experience and best practices in reporting and informing on efforts to assess and analyze the impacts of the implementation of response measures”- Mandated event
- TAPP Coalition: Analysing the COP28 Food Declaration (160 countries NDC’s) and the new FAO SOFA report 2024 on Hidden Food Costs, on fiscal actions and GHG-emission pricing – Press Conference
- 1st plenary meetings of SBSTA 61 and SBI 61
- Creating Green Jobs for the Green Transition: A Global BOMA Dialogue at COP 29
- Decoding UNFCCC Language
- Transparency for transforming the agrifood system
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- Technical event on “Share experience and best practices in reporting and informing on efforts to assess and analyze the impacts of the implementation of response measures”- Mandated event
- The Climate Center : Vehicle to Grid Integration in California – The Foundation of getting to 100% Clean Energy
- AOSED : COP 29 and MVCs demand: “Implementation of Paris Agreement and ensure just and rightful distribution of climate finance for the most vulnerable countries
- YlE foundation: Africa climate policy Hub
- Griha Council, UCAR: Global risk resilience discourse and adaptation
- CIDSE, FO, MISEREOR: NDCs for climate justice: Using the First GST for Greater Transparency and Ambition
- Palau, FTIS: Harnessing Science and Nature: Innovative Adaptation Strategies for Resilient Futures
- WFEO, EIC-ICI, IEEE, ICE: Accelerating Clean Tech for Energy and Agriculture in SIDS: Enabling action for a Just Transition
- GLTS, Connected Advocacy: EcoCash Global Trade Hub: Towards Sustainable Living Community
- ibn, ASEED: Mitigation by Renewable Energy Solutions on industrial scales in Africa and Asia
- IICA, CATIE: Title: Addressing adaptation through NbS as a vulnerability and risk reduction measure in LAC region
- RED MOCAF, OPAN: Retos y oportunidades para el reconocimiento de Comunidades Locales en la UNFCCC,
- LINGOV.: Troika Triple Threat: COP Hosts’ Oil & Gas Expansion
- Work of the LEG in providing technical guidance and support for the formulation and implementation of NAPs – Constituted Body event
- Role of technical assistance and blended finance models for catalyzing innovation in clean economy sectors of developing economies
- Joint plenary meetings of COP 29, CMP 19, CMA 6, SBSTA 61 and SBI 61
- Press Conference – U.S. Senior Advisor to the President for International Climate Policy John Podesta
- The Save Movement: 33 Cities want a Plant Based Treaty added to the Paris Agreement – here’s how it will look in action
- Documentary Screening – Healing Himalayas
- The DEGREES Initiative, ClimateNet: Solar Radiation Modification: A Conversation on Governance and Research
- GNDR, Nadam Foundation, IAITPTF: Financing Loss & Damage at the Local Community level
- GCF: Reform of the International Financial Architecture and the Role of GCF
- ACMAD, IGAD-ICPAC, GWPO: Progress on Multihazards Early warning for adaptation, loss and damage,FGGA pillars of climate action
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- UNFCCC: Advancing Integrity in Carbon Markets with the Paris Agreement Crediting Mechanism
- Iuav, UV Society, Climate Chance Association, DIN: Sub-national multi-actor adaptation action to inform National Adaptation Plans (NAPs)
- Climate Strategies, SEI, Trinidad and Tobago: Just Resilience: Just Transitions towards a more equal and climate resilient society
- IRMA, PWYP, ResponsibleSteel: Using IRMA to Advance Environmental and Social Responsibility in Transition Mineral Supply Chains
- Enabling Ambitious and Implementable NDCs in the MENA region
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