Dhaka hopes COP29 will deliver concrete progress on materialising financing commitments

Foreign Secretary Md Jashim Uddin has expressed hope that COP29 will deliver concrete progress on materialising international climate financing commitments.

In a meeting with Selwin Hart, Special Adviser to UN Chief Antonio Guterres and ASG for Climate Action at the UN, the foreign secretary highlighted Bangladesh's continued leadership on Climate Adaptation.

He raised concerns about human mobility as a major climate challenge.

Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus is likely to attend the COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan next month, a senior official at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs told UNB.

COP, which stands for Conference of Parties, is a series of formal meetings of the Conference of Parties, where governments assess global efforts to advance the Paris Agreement and the Convention, also limit global warming to 1.5°C as informed by the latest science.

At COPs, world leaders come together to measure progress and negotiate the best ways to address climate change.

There are now 198 Parties (197 countries plus the European Union) to the Convention, constituting near-universal membership. The next Conference will take place in Baku, Azerbaijan, in November 2024.

"Being elected by unanimous decision as the host country for COP29 is really a big honour for us. We consider it as a sign of respect from the international community to Azerbaijan and what we are doing, in particular, in the area of green energy," said Ilham Aliyev, president of the Republic of Azerbaijan.