Finance Minister of the Republic of Azerbaijan Samir Sharifov has represented Azerbaijan in the conference in London dedicated to the strengthening international climate action regarding COP29 organized under patronage of UK King Charles III, Azerbaijani Embassy to Britain told APA.
According to Embassy, Business leaders, ambassadors, industry experts and representatives from the COPTroika governments of the United Arab Emirates, Azerbaijan and Brazil joined discussions hosted by the government on Wednesday 6 November to galvanise climate action ahead of COP29.
The discussions were chaired by Energy Secretary Ed Miliband, Development Minister Anneliese Dodds and Environment Secretary Steve Reed. The 3 roundtables were focused on financing the transition to renewable energy, accelerating investment for projects improving climate resilience, and the global treaty to end plastic pollution.
The meetings took place ahead of COP29where the UK will play a leading role securing a new and expanded finance goal that unlocks more funding from the private sector and financial institutions, and helps to scale up climate action in developing countries and mitigate the impacts of climate change.
Energy Secretary Ed Miliband said:
"Britain is back in the business of climate leadership because the only way to protect current generations in the UK is by making Britain a clean energy superpower, and the only way to protect our children and future generations is by leading global climate action.
At COP29 next week, we will work with other countries to step up ambition on tackling the climate crisis because the time for decisive action is now."
Following the roundtables, guests attended a reception hosted by His Majesty King Charles at Buckingham Palace to discuss the outcome of their discussions, co-hosted with the Sustainable Markets Initiative. The Foreign Secretary was also in attendance.
This event followed the recently announced appointments by the Foreign Secretary and Energy Secretary of the UK’s Special Representative for Climate, Rachel Kyte, and the UK’s Special Representative for Nature, Ruth Davis – who were also in attendance.
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