Discussions with the President of Azerbaijan; addressing global aviation priorities at COP29

Every year, stakeholders from around the world gather for an important event: the United Nations Climate Change Conference, known as COP. This gathering serves as the foremost multilateral decision-making forum on climate change, bringing together nearly every country to address one of the most pressing issues of our time. The event, which took place in Baku, Azerbaijan, from 11 to 22 November 2024, was the 29th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

Established in 1992, the UNFCCC is a landmark international treaty aimed at combating climate change and its impacts. World leaders, UN agencies, negotiators, business representatives, activists, climate scientists, Indigenous Peoples, and many other parties, came together to share insights and strategies for effective climate action. The conference addressed critical goals, including limiting the global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius, enhancing support for vulnerable communities, and achieving net-zero emissions by 2050, all while ensuring that national climate plans are both ambitious and implementable.