COP29: UN Climate Change Conference
The annual COP (Conference of the Parties) is the highest decision-making body of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the primary multilateral forum for international climate policy. Here, the 198 signatory states negotiate agreements and assess progress in addressing the climate crisis. We provide an overview of past conferences and the current COP.
About the COP29
General information
- COP29 will take place in Baku, Azerbaijan, from November 11 to 22, 2024 under the motto “In Solidarity for a Green World”
- COP30 will take place in Brazil in 2025
Topics and goals
- COP29 as a “climate finance COP”: Agreement on a New Collective Quantified Goal on climate finance (NCQG) is the most important decision
- Article 6: Negotiations on carbon markets to be concluded
- Announcements of new national climate protection targets from 2025 (NDCs) are expected
Azerbaijan
- With Azerbaijan, an authoritarian, repressive, oil- and gas-exporting state (after Egypt and the UAE) takes over the COP presidency for the third time in a row
- Parallel to hosting the conference, the government is cracking down on independent civil society with a new wave of arrests
