The United Nations (UN) 2024 Conference of the Parties (COP), also known as the Climate Change Conference, or the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), more commonly known as COP29, is the 29th United Nations Climate Change conference.

This event was held in Baku, Azerbaijan, from 11 to 22 November 2024.

Mukhtar Babayev, Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of Azerbaijan presided over COP29; Samir Nuriyev the head of the presidential administration headed the Organizing Committee.

As a major oil and gas producer, the choice of Azerbaijan as the COP29 location and the host of the conference did raise some eyebrows.

As the president of US-AZ Cultural Foundation (USAZCF) that promotes Azerbaijan in the United States through culture and humanitarian subjects, I knew it was important to travel to Azerbaijan, attend this conference and arrive at my own conclusions.

Nurit Greenger, US-AZ Cultural Foundation at the entrance to the COP29 venue.

Read the complete story at NewsBlaze: COP29, Baku’s Challenging Undertaking.