COP29 Presidency welcomes the Joint Communique of the “COP29-Climate and Peace” Co-lead Initiative endorsed by Egypt, Germany, Italy, Uganda, the United Kingdom and Azerbaijan as the outcome of the first meeting of the Leads Group of the Initiative held on 26-27 July 2024.

While putting trust in the COP29 Presidency to successfully organize COP29 Peace, Relief, and Recovery Day the Communique issued by the Leads Group expressed appreciation for the work undertaken by the Incoming Presidency in the past months aimed at fostering international cooperation in the field of climate and peace nexus, including “extensive consultations with Parties, the UN Task Force on Climate Action, civil society institutions”, organization of flagship Bonn SB60 Presidency event and facilitation of the first meeting of the Leads Group.

The Co-lead Initiative also expressed its commitment to facilitate at the COP29 Peace, Relief, and Recovery Day “solutions-oriented discussions on the key issues of water scarcity, food insecurity, land degradation and restoration, as well as climate-related migration as a cross-cutting issue”. Building on the highlights put on the topic of “climate and peace nexus” at previous COPs, in particular COP28 Declaration on Climate, Relief, Recovery, and Peace, the Initiative co-lead by the Group together with the Azerbaijani COP29 Presidency envisages to deliver concrete outcomes to open up “avenues for scaling up support and finance for the most affected countries facing multiple challenges due to climate change, conflict and fragility” such as joint call on the urgency of climate action for peace and a center of excellence type of platform to deepen dialogue and understanding, and foster further action on the peace and climate nexus.