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Azerbaijan and Russia to create carbon test site

Azerbaijan and Russia to create carbon test site

A memorandum was signed between Azerbaijan and Russia on the creation of a "mirror" carbon test site in the Kura-Araz Lowland during the second day of COP29. Several expert sessions took place, including one led by Russian …

Finance Day underway at COP29

Finance Day underway at COP29

The Finance, Investment, and Trade Day (Climate FIT Day) is being held in Baku as part of COP29. Today, the presentation of the Baku Initiative on Climate Finance, Investment, and Trade (BICFIT) will take place. The Baku …

COP29 Leaders' Summit underway in Baku

COP29 Leaders' Summit underway in Baku

The opening ceremony of the Leaders' Summit of the 29th session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29) is taking place in Baku. The opening ceremony was preceded by a protocol …

COP29 Green Zone opened in Azerbaijan

COP29 Green Zone opened in Azerbaijan

Green Zone events at COP29 in Baku were inaugurated today, on November 11. During the event, representative of Extreme Hangout Catherine Batley …

2024 to be world's hottest year on record

2024 to be world's hottest year on record

This year is "virtually certain" to eclipse 2023 as the world's warmest since records began, the EU's Copernicus Climate Change Service said. C3S said that from January to October, the average global temperature had …

Heavy rain causes flooding in Poti

Heavy rain causes flooding in Poti

Severe rainfall in Georgia's Poti has caused flooding in several streets, yards, and basements of residential buildings, along with damage to parts of …

Ilham Aliyev: Azerbaijan successfully combats climate change

Ilham Aliyev: Azerbaijan successfully combats climate change

Climate change affects all countries, adversely impacting livelihoods globally and impedes the progress towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev said in his address to the participants of …

Baku launches Pre-COP29-framed discussions

Baku launches Pre-COP29-framed discussions

The preliminary meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, known as Pre-COP29, has commenced in the Azerbaijani capital. The two-day event is taking place at the Heydar …

Baku Climate Action Week kicks off in Azerbaijan

Baku Climate Action Week kicks off in Azerbaijan

The international conference within the Climate Action Week (BCAW 2024) to Combat Climate Change framework has started in the Azerbaijani capital. Baku is hosting Climate Action Week for the first time from September 30 to October …