Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has arrived in Azerbaijan’s capital of Baku to attend the opening session of the Local weather Motion Summit of COP29.
Many world leaders additionally convened in Azerbaijan on Tuesday for COP29 however many massive names are skipping the UN local weather talks the place the affect of Donald Trump’s election victory is keenly felt.
Throughout his go to, Shehbaz will characterize Pakistan within the convention and spotlight the hazards of local weather change affecting the nation.
He’ll tackle COP29 on November 13 and attend a number of high-level occasions on the sidelines of the summit moreover holding bilateral conferences with world leaders.
A number of high-level occasions and spherical desk discussions hosted by Pakistan may even happen on the Pakistan Pavilion throughout COP29.
Greater than 75 leaders are anticipated in Baku over two days however the heads of a few of the strongest and polluting economies should not attending this yr’s summit.
Only a handful of leaders from the G20 — which accounts for almost 80% of planet-heating greenhouse fuel emissions — are anticipated in Baku, together with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
“This authorities believes that local weather safety is nationwide safety,” his Vitality Secretary Ed Miliband mentioned on Monday.
Joe Biden, Xi Jinping, Narendra Modi and Emmanuel Macron are amongst G20 leaders lacking the occasion, the place uncertainty over future US unity on local weather motion hung over the opening day.
Washington’s high local weather envoy sought to reassure international locations in Baku that Trump’s re-election wouldn’t finish US efforts on world warming, even when it might be “on the again burner”.
UN local weather chief Simon Stiell additionally appealed to solidarity, kicking talks off on Monday by urging international locations to “present that world cooperation is just not down for the rely”.
However the opening day acquired off to a rocky begin, with feuds over the official agenda delaying by hours the beginning of formal proceedings within the stadium venue close to the Caspian Sea.
Later within the night, governments accepted new UN requirements for a world carbon market in a key step towards permitting international locations to commerce credit to fulfill their local weather targets.
COP29 president Mukhtar Babayev hailed a “breakthrough” after years of advanced discussions, however extra work is required earlier than a long-sought UN-backed market will be absolutely realised.