Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance Professor Biman Prasad will head Fiji’s delegation at the 29th Conference of Parties (COP29) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), scheduled to take place from November 11 to November 22, 2024, in Baku, Azerbaijan.
This decision was approved by the Cabinet during its meeting on Tuesday. COP29 will address various key topics, including climate finance, carbon markets, mitigation, adaptation, loss and damage, and oceans, among others. An interagency Technical Working Group, organized by the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change, will assist in preparing Fiji’s delegation for the event.