Inside COP 29
This year’s UN Climate Change Conference (COP 29) kicks off on November 11 in Baku, Azerbaijan, with a focus on a cornerstone of global climate action—finance.
What’s on the agenda? Parties will be negotiating a New Collective Quantified Goal (NCQG )—a more ambitious, transparent, and predictable climate finance target that better addresses the needs of developing countries for mitigation, adaptation, and loss and damage. There’s still much to settle, from the scale of funding to questions about responsibility: who contributes, and what exactly will the finance cover?
It’s also the last COP before the February 2025 deadline to update nationally determined contributions (NDCs), building momentum for ambitious national commitments. It is essential that NDCs reflect the outcomes of the global stocktake (GST) adopted at COP 28, notably the landmark decision to transition away from fossil fuels.
Baku is a critical opportunity to accelerate global adaptation action as parties will be assessing progress of countries’ National Adaptation Plan (NAP) processes and identifying the way forward with a strong focus on implementation and support.
Negotiators will also revisit Article 6 of the Paris Agreement , aiming to establish stronger rules for global emissions trading.
IISD will be closely monitoring these discussions, offering support to negotiations and delivering daily reports on the decisions shaping global climate action.
Need to Know: What we want to see at COP 29
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Our COP 29 Experts
Nathalie Bernasconi-Osterwalder
Vice-President, Global Strategies and Managing Director, Europe
Anne Hammill
Associate Vice-President, Resilience
Philip Gass
Director, Energy Program, Just Transitions and Canada
Angie Dazé
Director, Gender Equality and Social Inclusion for Resilience
Alice Tipping
Director, Trade and Sustainable Development
Lynn Wagner
Senior Director, Tracking Progress
Jennifer Allan
Writer/Editor, Earth Negotiations Bulletin
Jennifer Bansard
Writer, Earth Negotiations Bulletin
Ieva Baršauskaitė
Lead, Trade and the Green Transition
Christopher Beaton
Director, Energy Program, Public Financial Flows
Emilie Beauchamp
Lead, Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning for Adaptation to Climate Change
Olivier Bois von Kursk
Policy Advisor
Aia Brnic
Communications Manager
Aaron Cosbey
Senior Associate
Megan Darby
Senior Communications Officer
Orville Grey
Head of Secretariat, NAP Global Network
David Hoffmann
Coordinator, NAP Global Network
Natalie Jones
Policy Advisor
Jonas Kuehl
Policy Advisor
Christian Ledwell
Knowledge Manager, NAP Global Network
Claire McConnell
Policy Advisor
Greg Muttitt
Senior Associate
Juliet Perry
Communications Manager
Jeffrey Qi
Policy Advisor I
Paulina Resich
Senior Communications Manager
Farooq Ullah
Senior Policy Advisor and Lead, Energy and Climate Governance
Vance Culbert
Senior Policy Advisor & Secretariat Manager, COFFIS