Minister George to host National Stakeholder Consultation ahead of CoP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan

25 October 2024

Minister Dr Dion George, jointly with the Presidential Climate Commission will host a national stakeholder consultation on Monday, 28 October 2024, in Rosebank ahead of the upcoming international climate talks.

The 29th Conference of Parties (COP29) to United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) will be hosted in Baku, Azerbaijan from 11-22 November 2024.

The stakeholder consultation aims to consolidate South Africa's position for the climate change negotiations towards COP29 and raise public awareness around climate change and the country's response efforts.

The consultation will also provide information and an update on the status of the international negotiations in UNFCCC. Minister George and his counterpart from Norway, Minister of Climate and Environment, Mr. Tore Onshuus Sandvik, have been appointed Ministerial Pair by CoP29 President-designate and Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources in the Republic of Azerbaijan, Mukhtar Babayev, to steer informal consultations on mitigation before and during CoP29.

Earlier this month, Minister George attended the pre-COP meeting in Baku where ministers responsible for the environment met to discuss key political aspects of the negotiations and set the tone for the upcoming COP29 talks.

Members of the media are invited to attend as follows:

Date: Monday, 28 October 2024
Time: 09H00
Venue: Southern Sun Hotel, Sturdee Avenue, Rosebank

To RSVP, please contact:

Dimakatso Tsutsubi
Mobile: 066 420 0028
E-mail: dtsutsubi@dffe.gov.za
or
Noma Bolani
Mobile: 066 112 3746
E-mail: nbolani@dffe.gov.za

For media enquiries, contact:

Peter Mbelengwa      
Mobile: 082 611 8197      
E-mail: pmbelengwa@dffe.gov.za
or
Thobile Zulu-Molobi     
Mobile: 071 468 5198    
E-mail: tmolobi@dffe.gov.za