2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference
| Native name | Birləşmiş Millətlər Təşkilatının İqlim Dəyişikliyi Konfransı (2024) |
|---|---|
| Date | 11–22 November |
| Location | Baku Olympic Stadium, Baku, Azerbaijan |
| Organised by | Azerbaijan |
| Participants | UNFCCC member countries |
| President | Mukhtar Babayev |
| Previous event | ← Dubai 2023 |
| Next event | → Belém 2025 |
| Website | cop29.az |
The 2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference or Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC, more commonly known as COP29, was the 29th United Nations Climate Change conference. It was held at Baku Olympic Stadium in Baku, Azerbaijan, from 11 to 22 November 2024. Mukhtar Babayev presided, while Samir Nuriyev headed the Organising Committee.
The conference concluded with an agreement on plans for finance to mitigate the effects of climate change and help developing nations transition to more sustainable energy sources. Rules and a UN registry were agreed to facilitate and record international trading of carbon credits.
The choice of Azerbaijan as the location for the conference was controversial because it is a major oil and gas producer and authoritarian state with extensive corruption, with several "official partners" of COP29 being businesses directly owned by President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, or tied to the Aliyev family's businesses.