On November 12, the first plenary session of the Global Leaders Summit on Climate Action of the 29th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29) was held in Baku.
AZERTAC reports that the president of COP29, Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of Azerbaijan, Mukhtar Babayev, who chairs the meeting, reported on the agenda of the event and the topics to be discussed.
Simon Steele, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Jim Skea, Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), President of Kazakhstan Kasim-Jomart Tokayev, President of Serbia Aleksandar Vucic, President of Zimbabwe Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa, The meeting was attended by the President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the President of Mauritania, Muhammad uld Sheikh al-Qazuani, the President of Uzbekistan, Shavkat Mirziyoyev. President of Guinea-Bissau Umaru Sissou Embalo, President of Poland Andrzej Duda, President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon, President of Iraq Abdullatif Jamal Rashid, President of Kyrgyzstan Sadir Japarov, President of the Congo Denis Sasso Nguesso, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, President of the Presidential Council of the State of Libya Muhammad Younis Al-Manfi, President of Bulgaria Rumen Radev, President of the Republic of Maldives Mohamed Muizzou, President of Togo Faure Gnassingbe, President of the Republic of the Marshall Islands Hilda Heine, President of the Republic of Cyprus Nikos Christodoulides, President of Slovakia Peter Pellegrini, President of the Council of the European Union Charles Michel, President of North Macedonia Gordana Silyanovska Davkova, President of Finland Alexander Stubb, President of Montenegro Yakov Milatovic, President of Nepal Ramchandra Paudel, President of Suriname Chandrikapersad Santokhi, President of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina Denis Becirovic, President of Ghana Nana Addo Dankua Akufo-Addo, President of Mongolia Ukhnaaqin Khurelsukh, President of Ethiopia Taye Atske Selassie, President of the Sovereignty Council of Sudan Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan Abdelrahman Al -Burhan, President of Moldova Maya Sandu, Vice President of Brazil Geraldu Alkmin, Vice President of Tanzania Philip Isdor Mpango, Kot Tiemoko Meylie Kone, Vice President of Côte d’Ivoire, Ahmed, Vice President of the Republic of Seychelles Afif Didi, Vice President of Angola, Esperança da Costa, the vice president of Yemen, Abdulla Al-Alimi, the vice president of Malawi, Michael Bizuik Usi, the vice president of Liberia, Jeremy Kung, the vice president of Burundi, Prosper Bazombanza, the Spanish prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, the crown prince of Kingdom of Jordan, Al Hussein bin Abdullah II, Prime Minister of Barbados Mia Amor Mottley, Prime Minister of Belgium Alexander De Cro, the Prime Minister of Great Britain, Keir Starmer, the Prime Minister of Hungary, Viktor Orban spoke.
The Heads of State and Government, heads of delegations, in their speeches, reported on the steps taken by the countries and institutions they represent in the field of combating climate change, the work carried out in the direction of compliance with obligations related to the achievement of the next objectives. Deep gratitude was also expressed in the speeches for the successful organization of COP29 in Azerbaijan and for the hospitality shown.
The COP29 Leaders Summit will conclude on November 13.
