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Podcast: Middle East Dossier
Episode: From the UAE to Azerbaijan: COP 29 Expectations and Challenges
Description: Azerbaijan will host the 29th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29) in November 2024. The conference will pick up where COP28 left off: The completion of the first global stocktake, the consensus to โtransition awayโ from fossil fuels, and agreements for a massive expansion of clean energy, among others.
While COP meetings have made significant strides in forging consensus in major areas โ mitigation, adaptation, and finance โ the pace of implementation is too slow to address the urgent challenges posed by climate change.
This webinar, hosted in colla...