Azerbaijan all set to host COP 29

Subject: Environment

Section: Int Conventions

Context: Azerbaijan is all set to host COP 29

More about the news:

Armenia has agreed to withdraw its candidacy for hosting COP29, allowing Azerbaijan to host the conference in 2024.
This decision comes as a sign of goodwill and aims to build confidence between the two nations that have been in conflict over the Nagorno-Karabakh region.
Bulgaria, another candidate, is also reported to have withdrawn its bid.
The host for COP29 will need approval from COP28, currently taking place in Dubai. This development reflects a diplomatic effort to resolve differences and ensure the rotation of COP hosts among UN regional groupings.

How a host city of COP selected:

The venue for the COP meeting rotates among the five UN-identified regions:
Africa, Asia-Pacific, Eastern Europe, Latin America and Caribbean, and Western Europe and Others.
The countries in the region propose a candidate, and a host is usually decided at least two years in advance.
If no country agrees to be the host, Bonn, where the UNFCCC secretariat is headquartered, steps in as host.
The rotation cycle has not been followed very strictly.
The first and second COPs were held in western Europe (Berlin and Geneva), and so were the fifth and sixth (Bonn and the Hague).

Some facts about UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC):

UNFCCC is an intergovernmental treaty developed to address the problem of climate change.
The Convention has near universal membership (197 Parties).
The Convention was opened for signature at the June 1992 UN Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) also known as the Rio Earth Summit.
The UNFCCC entered into force on 21 March 1994.
The original secretariat of UNFCCC was in Geneva. Since 1995, the secretariat has been located in Bonn, Germany.