11-22 November 2024

Baku Stadium, Azerbaijan

The 2024 UN Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC COP 29) will be held in November 2024 in Baku, Azerbaijan. The two-week global conference will bring together heads of state, climate experts, political leaders, young people, and civil society actors to collaborate on the urgent challenge of climate change.

Building on our past engagements at UNFCCC COPs, ICIMOD is gearing up for strategic and impactful engagements at the upcoming global climate summit. Following the breakthrough at COP 28, where mountains were mentioned for the first time, and the first-ever expert dialogue on mountains and climate change at SBSTA 60, COP29 offers a strategic opportunity to deepen the focus on mountain-specific climate priorities in negotiations. We also aim to facilitate high-level dialogues to promote advocacy and support for Regional Member Countries (RMCs) in the Hindu Kush Himalaya region.

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Meet the delegation

Pema Gyamtsho

Director General

Izabella Koziell

Deputy Director General

Kunzang

Coordinator, Global Advocacy

Amina Maharjan

Senior Livelihoods & Migration Specialist

Sher Muhammad

Remote Sensing Specialist

David Thomas Potter

Lead – Regional Action and Global Advocacy

Babar Khan

Coordinator – Regional Data, Networks and institutions

Pradyumna Rana

Climate Change Adaptation and Governance Analyst

Sushmita Kunwar

Communications Officer

Bhawana Syangden

Programme Officer

Where to find us in Baku

11 November 2024 | Monday

Plenary – Caspian, Area D

ICIMOD delegation at COP29: Sher Muhammad and Pradyumna Rana to attend

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China Pavilion

Opening remarks: Pema Gyamtsho, ICIMOD

12 November 2024 | Tuesday

Room 27

Presenter: Pema Gyamtsho, ICIMOD

Room 7

Presenter: Pema Gyamtsho, ICIMOD

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Room 21

ICIMOD delegation at COP29: Pema Gyamtsho to attend

13 November 2024 | Wednesday

Meeting Room 11, Area C

ICIMOD delegation at COP29: Kunzang and Pradyumna Rana

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Room 20

Presenter: Pema Gyamtsho, ICIMOD

Room 23

Presenter: Pema Gyamtsho, ICIMOD

Cryosphere Pavilion

Opening remarks: Pema Gyamtsho, ICIMOD

16 November 2024 | Saturday

CDRI Pavilion

Presenter: Sher Muhammad, ICIMOD

Resilience Hub

ICIMOD delegation at COP29

Cryosphere Pavilion

Presenter: David Thomas Potter, ICIMOD

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18 November 2024 | Monday

Blue zone Pavilion

Presenter: Izabella Koziell, ICIMOD

Cryosphere Pavilion

Presenter: Izabella Koziell, ICIMOD

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19 November 2024 | Tuesday

China Corner area

Presenter: Izabella Koziell, ICIMOD

Tajikistan Glacier-2025 Pavilion

Presenter: Izabella Koziell, ICIMOD

Climate, Peace and Transboundary Resilience Pavilion

Presenter: Pradyumna Rana, ICIMOD

Canada Pavilion

Presenter: Amina Maharjan, ICIMOD

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20 November 2024 | Wednesday

Cryosphere Pavilion

Presenter: Amina Maharjan, ICIMOD

CRDI Pavilion

Presenter: Izabella Koziell, ICIMOD

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Side Event Room 6

Presenter: Izabella Koziell, ICIMOD

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Human Mobility and Climate Change

Presenter: Amina Maharjan, ICIMOD

21 November 2024 | Thursday

Cryosphere pavilion

ICIMOD delegation to attend

Cryosphere pavilion

ICIMOD delegation to attend

IGAD Pavilion No D9

Presenter: Amina Maharjan, ICIMOD

The leaders of HKH countries pledge to strengthen ties to tackle climate crisis in mountains

Scientists warn of ‘extreme’ and mounting economic costs from snow and ice loss, which broke records in 2023, the leaders from the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) countries met to discuss the crisis in the continent’s largest frozen water stores, the HKH.

Global goal on adaptation: An opportunity to address current adaptation woes in the Hindu Kush Himalaya

The ‘UAE-Belem work programme’ convened by UNFCCC is working on refining and developing indicators for measuring progress towards the Global Goal on adaptation in eight domains – water, food, health, ecosystems, infrastructure and human settlements, poverty and livelihoods, cultural heritage, and policy cycle.

Meet the delegation

Where to find us in Baku

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Meet the delegation

Where to find us in Baku

11 November 2024 | Monday

13:00–16:00 | Earth Information Day

15:30–16:45 | Youth Action for the Future of the World

12 November 2024 | Tuesday

15:00–16:00 | Meeting of the Hindu Kush Himalayan Environment Ministers at COP 29

16:45–18:15 | High level event: A message from the Frozen World – the Global Impact of a Changing Cryosphere

17:15–18:15 | Launch of “G-Zero” Forum – A forum of Carbon-Negative and Carbon-Neutral Countries

13 November 2024 | Wednesday

10:00–13:00 | 17th Nairobi work Programme Focal Point Forum

10:45–12:15 | High-Level Dialogue: Advancing the Mountain Agenda and Mainstreaming Mountains and Climate Change within the UNFCCC

12:30–14:00 | Mountains in Peril: Addressing Loss and Damage in the Himalayas

15:00–17:30 | Together Towards International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation

14 November 2024 | Thursday

18:30–20:00 | Shared Risks – Shared solutions

15 November 2024 | Friday

12:30–13:45 | Resilience at Risk: Impact of Loss and Damage from Climate Change on Indigenous peoples

14:00 - 15:30 | From Cryosphere Monitoring and Cooperation to Water Resources Allocation and Decision-Making

16 November 2024 | Saturday

9:45-11:15 | Mountain infrastructure for a changing climate: Adapting to heightened risks

12:00–13:00 | Launch of HKH Challenge Fund

11:30 | From the International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation 2025 towards Decade of Action for Cryospheric Sciences 2025-2034: Synergies and Opportunities

17 November 2024 | Sunday

09:00–19:00 | Development and Climate Days 2024: Turning climate ambition into action – confronting uncomfortable truths

10:00–11:30 | Inter-Parliamentary Union parliamentary meeting

18 November 2024 | Monday

15:00-16:30 | Why glaciers matter: Addressing climate impacts in the cryosphere through science-based interventions

10:00-11:00 | Glacial Lake Outburst Floods and Flows: Responding to Climate Change Risks Related to the World’s Glaciers

19 November 2024 | Tuesday

09:30–13:00 | Proactive Climate Risk Prevention and the Development of Low Carbon Resilient Cities

11:00-12:00 | Beyond the Peaks: Monitoring the Downstream Effects of Glacier Retreat

13:00 | Managing transboundary climate risks in mountain areas: the HKH and beyond

14:30–15:30 | Partnerships for climate, biodiversity, and people: Canadian and Global perspectives

20 November 2024 | Wednesday

11:30 | Building Infrastructure Resilience in the Mountain Regions: Navigating Challenges and Opportunities

15:30–17:30 | Nature-based Solutions for Building Resilient Infrastructure in the Global South: Role of Policy, Finance and Technology

13:15–14:45 | Accelerating climate action for mountains and mountain people – specialized approach for each region

21 November 2024 | Thursday

10:00–11:00 | Melting Ice, Rising Risks: The changing Cryosphere in the Hindu Kush Himalaya

11:30–12:30 | Living with a changing cryosphere: urgent need for anticipatory adaptation

15:00–16:15 | Towards Enhanced Regional Cooperation on the Global Goal on Adaptation

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