Italy to send high-level delegation to COP29, says ambassador

BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 19. Italy will be
present at COP29 in Baku with a high-level delegation, Italian
Ambassador to Azerbaijan Luca Di Gianfrancesco told Trend.

“Italy will certainly participate as a protagonist at the
upcoming COP 29. Italy will certainly be present throughout the
session with a high-level delegation. It is a very important event
to advance the agenda on issues of contrast,” he said.

The ambassador congratulated Azerbaijan for obtaining
recognition for hosting COP 29.

“We are confident it will be a success,” he said.

To note, Luca Di Gianfrancesco was appointed ambassador to Baku
on May 20. This post was previously held by Claudio Taffuri.

This November, Azerbaijan will host COP29. This decision was
made at the COP28 plenary meeting held in Dubai on December 11 last
year. Baku will become the center of the world and will receive
about 70–80,000 foreign guests.

The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is an
agreement signed at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in June 1992
to prevent dangerous human interference with the climate system.
The COP—the Conference of the Parties—is the highest legislative
body overseeing the implementation of the Framework Convention on
Climate Change. There are 198 countries that are parties to the
Convention. Unless the parties agree otherwise, the COP is held
annually. The first COP event took place in March 1995 in Germany’s
Berlin, with its secretariat in Bonn.