BAKU, Azerbaijan, October 31. Azerbaijan,
despite contributing just 0.13 percent to emissions, is pursuing
policy to achieve fairly ambitious climate goals, Head of the
Secretariat of the National Coordination Council for Sustainable
Development, Head of Department of the Ministry of Economy Huseyn
Huseynov said at the 5th dialogue on the Sustainable Development
Goals (SDGs) on the theme “Future Echoes: Bridging Pathways for
Climate Change and Global Goals” in Baku today, Trend reports.
He noted that among the agenda items for Azerbaijan’s
development, alongside socio-economic issues and others, a special
focus is placed on political activities aimed at addressing
environmental concerns.
“If we look at the strategic documents adopted by the President,
the aim of ‘National Priorities for Socio-Economic Development:
Azerbaijan 2030’, especially its fifth point at transforming
Azerbaijan into a green growth country, as well as the
contributions of specific sections of the ‘Strategy for
Socio-Economic Development of Azerbaijan for 2022-2026’ toward
achieving environmental goals further demonstrate that political
activities for solving environmental issues hold a special place in
our development agenda, alongside socio-economic matters,” he
emphasized.
Recalling that only a few days remain until COP29, the official
representative of the Ministry stated that today’s dialogue
discussed 14 initiatives put forward by the COP29 presidency.
“The discussions included increasing the accessibility of
climate financing, boosting investments in human capital,
particularly in the climate context, and implementing the
initiative to integrate trade, investments, and climate. There was
also an exchange of views on encouraging member states to actively
participate in this initiative.
The Ministry of Economy has implemented the fifth dialogue on
the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with the office of the UN
Resident Coordinator. The first SDG dialogue initiative took place
in 2022. During this dialogue initiative, we discussed ‘green
transformation’ and avenues for additional economic growth using
‘green tools’.
Due to the interest shown by governmental institutions and UN
agencies in this platform, it has already become a productive
discussion forum for addressing issues arising within the framework
of the SDGs at subsequent stages. Today, the fifth SDG dialogue
coincided with UN Day. We discussed the adopted rules for reducing
global emissions,” Huseynov added.
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