Azerbaijan’s level of preparedness for COP29 received a positive assessment from the UN, the Head of the Presidential Administration of the Republic of Azerbaijan and Chairman of the Organizing Committee, Samir Nuriyev, said at the second meeting of the Organizing Committee of the 29th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP29) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, Report informs.

He emphasized that as per the order of the head of state, the Organizing Committee had been expanded to incorporate Members of Parliament and representatives from civil society in order to ensure inclusivity.

The Chairman of the Organizing Committee stated that the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, in remarks at a meeting of the Southern Gas Corridor Advisory Council and in an interview with “Euronews” TV channel, had identified the key directions and framework of the COP29 Chairmanship agenda. As reflected in the said theses, Samir Nuriyev emphasized the importance of a fair approach in relation to countries rich with oil and natural gas and said their activities should be evaluated in light of their contributions to environmental matters. He said that Azerbaijan had recently signed the “Global Methane Pledge," which aims to reduce the volume of methane emissions by 30 percent by 2030 compared to 2020.

Noting that the Action Plan on declaring 2024 as the "Green World Solidarity Year" had already been approved in the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Action Plan for COP29 was under preparation, the Chairman of the Organizing Committee stressed the importance of ensuring alignment between the two action plans.

Samir Nuriyev touched upon the work carried out with the Secretariat of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and noted that Azerbaijan’s level of preparedness had received a positive assessment from the UN.

The Chairman of the Organizing Committee stated that, taking into account the successful experience of Azerbaijan's chairmanship of the Non-Aligned Movement and its active representation in other international organizations, the country was capable of playing the role of a bridge between the Global South and the Global North and would make every effort to achieve global solidarity and consensus at COP29.

The Chairman of the Organizing Committee also stated that the creation of the "Troika" mechanism among the United Arab Emirates, Azerbaijan, and Brazil regarding the COP was a commendable step.