"Washington-Baku Cooperation Towards COP29 in a Fragmented World"
Wilder Alejandro Sanchez
E-International Relations
24 June, 2024
Originally published: https://www.e-ir.info/2024/06/23/opinion-washington-baku-cooperation-towards-cop29-in-a-fragmented-world/
Azerbaijan will host the COP29 climate conference in November. As
preparations are underway, Azerbaijani officials are meeting with
partners and carrying out “listening tours” to understand the issues
global leaders, agencies and communities want to address. Besides a
focus on climate change financing, water issues will likely be at the
top of the agenda – and Washington will be an important partner in the
planning stages.
An Azerbaijani delegation led by Minister of Ecology
and Natural Resources and President of COP29 Mukhtar Babayev traveled to Washington, DC, in April. The delegation’s meetings included a visit by John Kerry,
the former US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, to the
Azerbaijani embassy in the US capital. The Azerbaijani delegation also
participated in the International Monetary Fund’s and World Bank’s Spring Meetings. At a March event organized by Axios,
John Podesta, senior adviser to the president for international climate
policy (who replaced Kerry), explained that “we need to build on the
momentum… particularly to deliver at the global level the finance that
will be necessary to help developing economies transition.”
Continue reading...
