The 2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) opens next week in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan. The summit takes place between 11 and 22 November, and decisions made there will impact all of us. To date, the international community has failed to rein in the deadly activities of the fossil fuel industry, which continues to pollute, burn, and ransack the planet in the face of mounting human suffering. COP29 is a critical opportunity for world leaders to break with these past failures. Here’s what you need to know about the most important climate event on the global calendar: 1. Who’s going? Between 40,000 and 50,000 delegates are expected to attend COP29. This will include government representatives from all UN member states, as well as the State of Palestine, the Holy See, Niue, the Cook Islands, and the European Union. All of these are parties to the 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), and most have also joined the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement. COP29 will also host diplomats, UN officials, journalists, climate scientists, trade union leaders, and policy experts. NGOs, activists, and Indigenous leaders are also planning to participate – although the involvement of independent media workers and human rights defenders from Azerbaijan itself has been curbed by an ongoing government crackdown.
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- COP29: What you need to know about the global climate summit 1
- 1. Who’s going? 1
- 2. What is the aim of COP29? 1
- WRITE A LETTER, CHANGE A LIFE 1
- 3. What’s on the agenda this year? 1
- Where will that money come from? 1
- 4. What should the funds be used for? 1
- 5. How much money is needed? 1
- 6. What are Amnesty’s human rights concerns regarding Azerbaijan? 1
- 7. Have there been any improvements since Azerbaijan was given the COP29 Presidency? 1
- 8. How does the human rights situation in Azerbaijan affect COP29? 2
- 9. What about Azerbaijan’s record on climate change? 2
- 10. How has climate change impacted people in 2024? 2
- 11. What is Amnesty calling for at COP29? 2
- HELP PROTECT THE PROTEST IN AZERBAIJAN 2
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- Azerbaijan 2
- Azerbaijan: Campaign of intimidation against independent media continues with raid on Toplum TV 3
- Azerbaijan: Human rights and climate justice advocate arrested ahead of COP29 3
- Azerbaijan: Release Bahruz Samadov and other government critics targeted during election campaign 3
- Global: Amnesty’s Secretary General urges world leaders to seize historic opportunity at UN General Assembly 3
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