The groundwork for COP29 in Azerbaijan was effectively laid in 2004, when exactly one year after Ilham Aliyev's election as president, a national program for renewable energy use was adopted, Urkhan Alakbarov, Rector of the Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan and academician, said at the conference "Factor of the Victorious Leader: Growing Authority of Our Country in the World and New Realities," organized jointly with the Executive Power of Nizami District and the district organization of the New Azerbaijan party.
According to Report, he noted that this program became a factor that laid the foundation for future development.
"Because the most important quality of leadership is foresight and planning according to perspectives. Proper management relies on the effective use of opportunities. Azerbaijan ranks first in the world in this direction," said Alakbarov.