{"id":29412,"date":"2024-05-12T13:44:38","date_gmt":"2024-05-12T13:44:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/?p=29412"},"modified":"2024-05-13T15:42:25","modified_gmt":"2024-05-13T15:42:25","slug":"azerbaijan-ready-to-share-experience-of-shift-to-green-energy-from-fossil-fuel-president-cop29","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/azerbaijan-ready-to-share-experience-of-shift-to-green-energy-from-fossil-fuel-president-cop29\/","title":{"rendered":"Azerbaijan Ready to Share Experience of Shift to Green Energy from Fossil Fuel : President COP29"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"Tazeen Akhtar <\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/h5>\n
ISLAMABAD : 12 MAY 2024 – President COP29 Baku and Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources Azerbaijan , H.E Mukhtar Babayev has said that COP29 will bring East and West, North and South, Developing and Developed, Public and Private , Govs and NGOs together on the common challenge of climate change and global warming. The International conference in Baku is an opportunity for all to discuss the challenge, share the ideas, experiences and join the forces to overcome this threat to the whole world.<\/span> <\/em><\/strong><\/h5>\n
He said this in a “Seminar on Building Climate Consensus for COP29 – The Road to Baku” that was organized in collaboration with Embassy of Azerbaijan in Islamabad on 11 May 2024. Sustainable Development Institute of Pakistan SDPI conducted the seminar at Pakistan Institute of Parliamentary Studies PIPS Islamabad.<\/h5>\n
Coordinator to the Prime Minister of Pakistan on Climate Change & Environmental Protection, Ms. Romina Khurshid Alam, Ambassador Khazar Nadir Oglu Farhadov and Executive Director SDPI Dr Abid Qayyum Sulehri were also present and addressed the participants.<\/h5>\n
Mr. Mukhtar in his address said, ” We must unite in our efforts for the sake of future generations and commit to building a greener world. Our goal is to promote climate action.Pakistan is the best opportunity for us to work together to protect nature. Our meetings on climate and COP 29 are successful. We are grateful to Pakistan for its support on climate change.”<\/h5>\n
He said that every sector of life is related to climate including water, land, agriculture, food security and health etc. Snow reservoirs are decreasing affecting the agriculture and social life.<\/h5>\n
Mr Mukhtar noted the importance of private sector on climate action and briefly shared his interactions with the NGOs and media in his visits to different countries in connection with COP29 arrangements. The secretariat of COP29 also have private organization on board in the preparations. But the private sector representatives from NGOs and Press , present in the seminar were deprived of even a shake hand with him, let alone exchange of ideas that are welcome by the COP29 team.\"\"<\/strong> <\/em><\/span><\/h5>\n
The seminar was mastered by SDPI and a networking session was also mentioned on the invitation card but it was omitted and the members of NGOs and press could not meet Mr. Mukhtar for even 5 minutes at least. That was noted and disliked by the representative who attended the seminar only to have interaction with the team COP29.<\/h5>\n
Mr. Mukhtar Babayev in his address shared the history of fossil fuel industry establishment in his country in the mid of 90s. The first well was dug then and first refinery was set up in Azerbaijan.<\/h5>\n
He mentioned the transfer of Azerbaijan from fossil to green and said it has great potential. He said that the production of green energy has been doubled in our country. He offered that Azerbaijan can share her experiences in the production and shift to green energy.<\/h5>\n
COP28 Dubai in Dec 2023 closed with an agreement that signals the \u201cbeginning of the end\u201d of the fossil fuel era by laying the ground for a swift, just and equitable transition, underpinned by deep emissions cuts and scaled-up finance.<\/h5>\n

Prime Minister Pakistan To Participate in COP29 – Looking Forward to Discuss Bilateral Cooperation with President Ilham Aliyev<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n