We welcome the progress made by all Parties during the intercessional in Bonn. We got off to a positive start with the swift adoption of the agenda, there was clear momentum and will to advance work on Article 6, and we made good progress with an updated input paper for the New Collective Quantified Goal on climate finance.

But we now need a step change in the pace of our work. We heard strong calls that at COP29 we need to collectively make progress across all pillars of the Paris Agreement with climate finance as a centerpiece.

To that end, Azerbaijan is intensifying its efforts, and we are committed to the integration of political engagement in support of the ongoing substantive discussions.