(13 Nov 2024)
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Baku, Azerbaijan – 13 November 2024
1. Various of COP29 signage and participants arriving
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Marlena Nyanserema-Achoki, Kenyan government representative:
”So intense negotiations started just yesterday, but now we are seeing different opinions and comments from countries on what they expect. So we are optimistic, yes, but let’s see how the first week ends because we can be able to really put our thoughts together and see how this is going to look like."
3. Mid of visitor posing with COP29 sign
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Pascale Palmer, We Mean Business Coalition:
“I think that there’s a lot of talk about this not being as important a COP as some of the ones we’ve had before, but you know the, what happened here between what happened in Dubai and what happened in Brazil is incredibly important because it puts all of the groundwork in place. So what I’ve been really optimistic about is what happened yesterday with the UK, where they announced their NDC (Nationally Determined Contribution) headline to their climate plans, a national climate plan headline of 81% and that is incredible international leadership.“
5. Wide on participants arriving
STORYLINE:
Delegates attending COP29 expressed cautious optimism ahead of the second day of the United Nations’ annual climate conference in Baku on Wednesday.
”So intense negotiations started just yesterday, but now we are seeing different opinions and comments from countries on what they expect," said Kenyan government representative Marlena Nyanserema-Achoki. "So we are optimistic, yes, but let’s see how the first week ends."
"What I’ve been really optimistic about is what happened yesterday with the UK…that is incredible international leadership," said Pascale Palmer from the We Mean Business Coalition.
On Tuesday, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced an 81% emissions reduction target on 1990 levels by 2035, in line with the Paris Agreement goal to limit warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial times. That’s up from the 78% the UK had already pledged.
More than two dozen world leaders will deliver remarks at COP29 on Wednesday. Today’s agenda also includes an update on the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty, an idea modeled on predecessor treaty movements that sought to build international support for controls on nuclear weapons, plastic pollution and chemical weapons.
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