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Listening without blaming key to COP29 success, Azerbaijan says
Azerbaijan is gearing up to host the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Baku come November, and plans to flex its diplomatic chops in urging parties to leave the blame game at the door and calling for a "COP truce" in ongoing conflicts toward agreeing a new climate finance goal that reflects the current reality.
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ith a new finance scheme expected to dominate discussions at this year’s United Nations Climate Change Conference, slated to kick off on Nov. 11, host Azerbaijan is setting the stage for global climate talks that avoids the blame game amid ongoing wars and geopolitical tensions.
Located on the border of eastern Europe and western Asia, Azerbaijan was chosen as host of the 29th Conference of Parties (COP29) of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change during last year’s conference in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, from a group of Eastern European countries.
Azerbaijan was selected as the COP29 host after Russia opposed the conference being held hosting in a European Union member country and neighboring Armenia, which has been in a conflict with Azerbaijan for decades, withdrew its opposition following peace talks between the two nations.
The diplomatic achievements that paved the way for Azerbaijan’s COP29 presidency demonstrated the country’s diplomatic and political courage, particularly in its aim to leave the “blame game” and “accusations” at the door, said Hikmet Hajiyev, foreign policy advisor to the Azerbaijani president.
“We are all in the same boat. That’s the Azerbaijan approach,” Hajiyev addressed a press briefing on June 5 in Baku for a group of journalists from Southeast Asia and India, including The Jakarta Post, which was part of a government-organized media tour to look at the country’s COP29 preparations.
This inclusive approach was deemed necessary to the climate talks, which is expected to deliver a new climate funding target.
Known as the New Collective Quantified Goal (NCQG), COP29 aims to increase the amount developed countries contribute to fund climate actions in developing countries from the current US$100 billion per year, which was unmet in both 2020 and 2021.
