The outcomes of COP29 on collective quantitative accounting and climate financing will be an important test of the international community's commitment to ensuring the implementation of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed said during a panel session at the UN Pre-Conference of the Parties on Climate Change 2024 (Pre-COP29) in Baku, Report informs.
She called on the global community to work together to achieve a lasting agreement, as "the world desperately needs it."
"We need something that will give people hope again, and that could be better than solving the climate change problem that the global community is facing. The actions we take in the next 13 months will be crucial. And it's important for us to be bold in our aspirations while acting urgently," she said.