Mercy Corps at COP29
This year’s annual United Nations (U.N.) climate summit to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC), or COP29, will take place in Baku, Azerbaijan from November 11 – 22, 2024.
Mercy Corps will attend COP29 to leverage existing networks like Climate Action Network (CAN), CAN Europe, InterAction, and strong relationships across governments in the U.S., EU, Netherlands, and U.K., to shape climate negotiations in pursuit of specific policy changes.
What’s our position?
Mercy Corps believes that climate finance is about responsibility and justice for developing countries that did the least to contribute to climate change. That’s why we will advocate for the climate finance goal, the New Collective Qualified Goal (NCQG), to allocate trillions of dollars in core public grant funding across mitigation, adaptation, and loss and damage to prevent the current imbalance, where most funds go toward mitigation. We will be highlighting what works in climate adaptation—including renewable energy, sustainable livestock systems, and safe migration pathways.
Who will be there?
- David Nicholson, Chief Climate Officer
- Debbie Hillier, UNFCCC Policy Lead, Mercy Corps
- Dr. Farah Naureen, Regional Interim Director for Asia
- Olga Petryniak, Senior Director of Resilience for East Africa
- Anna Renfrew - Senior Policy and Advocacy Advisor, Peace and Governance
- Anyse Sofia Pereira Essoh - Senior Climate Change Strategy Officer
- Salome Lehtman - Project and Advocacy Advisor, Zurich Climate Resilience Alliance
- Barbara Rosen Jacobson - Senior Advocacy Advisor, Zurich Climate Resilience Alliance
- Denia Auilia Syam - Project Manager, Zurich Climate Resilience Alliance – Indonesia
- Pratap Maharjan – Program Manager, Zurich Climate Resilience Alliance – Nepal
- Maureen Kamusiime - Technical Advisor Climate Change, Livestock & Agriculture
- Mohanad Duraid - Deputy Director, Water Security - Iraq
- Mohammed Ismail - Deputy Director, Peace & Good Governance - Iraq
- Miriam Awadallah - Director, Foundation Partnerships
- Roberta Alves - Deputy Director of Communications
- Alexandra Bingham - Senior Media and Communications Officer
Where will Mercy Corps be?
Thursday Nov. 14
- 11:30-1 pm: De-risking Mechanisms for Energy Investment in Displacement Settings – Official Side Event Room 4
- 3 – 4:30 pm: Last Push for an Ambitious and Equitable NCQG Meeting Developing Country Needs – Official Side Event Room 1
- Business, Investment and Philanthropy Climate Platform
Friday Nov. 15
- 9-10 am: Arab Philanthropy Commitment on Climate Change Launch Event – Arab League Pavilion
- 9-10 am: Building Climate Resilience in Humanitarian Context – Humanitarian Hub (hosted in the Resilience Hub)
- 10-11 am: Anticipation, Early Action and Planning for Climate Mobility – Climate Mobility Pavilion
- 3:50-4:10 pm: Smart Agriculture: Leveraging Data and Technology for Profits and Sustainability – Climate Action Innovation Zone, Baku Marriot Hotel Boulevard (outside of Blue Zone)
We are pleased to partner with Climate Action for the Agri-Food Systems Summit 2024 and hope you can join us. You can register here.
Monday Nov. 18
- 9 – 10 am: Adapting in Adversity: The Role of Governance in Climate Adaptation – ODI Pavilion
- 4 – 5 pm: Climate Mobility: Promoting Adaptation by Supporting Pathways for Safe, Legal Migration – Climate Mobility Pavilion
Tuesday Nov. 19
- 4-5 pm: Fostering Regional Collaboration: Unlocking Carbon Market Potential and Preserving the Marshlands and Wetlands in Iraq and its Neighbors – Iraq Pavilion
Wednesday Nov. 20
- 2 - 3:30 pm: What ‘Works’ at the Intersection of Conflict and Climate? A Regional Perspective – IGAD Pavilion
Please reach out to connect!
Roberta Alves, ralves@mercycorps.org
Alexandra Bingham, abingham@mercycorps.org
