Eamon Ryan to be appointed to key role at UN climate talks in Azerbaijan [Video]

MINISTER FOR CLIMATE Eamon Ryan is expected to be named as one of a select number of ministers appointed to facilitate negotiations between countries at the COP29 climate summit in November.

The annual climate conference is a gathering of tens of thousands of world leaders, diplomats, and civil servants along with activists, NGOs and observers to try to forge progress on battling the climate crisis.

The COPs have expanded in recent years to feature many side-events and activities but the crux of the conferences are the negotiations that take place between countries to come to agreements about climate action.

The Journal understands that the COP presidency – which rotates each year and will be held this time by Azerbaijan – is expected to give Eamon Ryan a senior role in the team that facilitate negotiations between countries, with a focus on the area of adaptation.

Each of negotiation files – like mitigation, …