Frumerie: Sweden ready to support COP29 to accelerate climate action

Sweden is ready to support the Azerbaijani presidency in delivering on what needs to be delivered at COP29 both when it comes to financing and also when it comes to new NDCs (nationally determined contributions in climate action) and to the joint work with partners to accelerate climate action, Swedish Climate Ambassador and Head of Delegation to UNFCCC at Swedish Ministry of Climate and Enterprise Mattias Frumerie said in an interview with Report.

"I'm looking forward to be following up all the various conversations I'm having here in Baku with civil society organizations, making sure to make those connections between civil society organizations here and Swedish organizations, for them to be able to work together, and also, of course, working with the incoming presidency to support them with whatever kind of ideas that we could have in order to make COP29 a success," he said.

The ambassador noted that he is accompanied in Baku by a colleague from Business Sweden, which provides a platform for Swedish business actors to be part of the COP meetings.

"So, we've had a Swedish pavilion for the past couple of years at the COPs, where Swedish business actors present the solutions that they have to accelerate the transition in other countries - in the transportation sector, in the energy sector, in the financial sector and within the agriculture sector," he added.