Speakers
Mr Mukhtar Babayev
COP29 President, Representative of President of Azerbaijan for Climate
Ms Nigar Arpadarai
COP29 Climate High-Level Champion
Mr Yalchin Rafiyev
Lead Negotiator COP29 and Deputy Minister of Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Mr Simon Stiell
Executive Secretary , UNFCCC
Mr Parviz Shahbazov
Minister of Energy, Republic of Azerbaijan
Mr Rashad İsmayilov
Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources, Republic of Azerbaijan
Mr Majnun Mammadov
Minister of Agriculture of the Republic of Azerbaijan
Ms Fatma Varank
CEO of COP31, Deputy Minister of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change of Türkiye
Dr Elnur Soltanov
Deputy of Minister of Energy of the Republic of Azerbaijan
Mr Francesco La Camera
Director-General, International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)
Mr Samed Agirbas
Climate High Level Champion COP31, President, Zero Waste Foundation
Mr Sadig Gurbanov
Chairman of the Committee for Natural Resources, Energy and Ecology of the National Assembly of Azerbaijan
Dr Umayra Taghiyeva
Deputy Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources
Ms Malini Mehra
Ambassador & Curator, London Climate Action Week
Mr Dmytro Shlapachenko
UN Resident Coordinator in Azerbaijan
Mr Christian Mensah
Senior Advisor to the COP31 CHLC
Mr Elchin Allahverdiyev
Director of the Climate Diplomacy Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan
Mr Anar Guliyev
Chairman, State Committee on Urban Planning and Architecture of the Republic of Azerbaijan
Ms Patricia Scotland
Former Commonwealth Secretary-General; Member of the House of Lords of the United Kingdom; Member, NGIC
Ms Rana Humbatova
Deputy Director, Azerbaijan Renewable Energy Agency
Ms Nargiz Ismayilova
Head of Partnerships, Institute for Development and Diplomacy, ADA University
Ms Aysel Yagubova
Executive Director, ECO Clean Energy Center (CECECO)
Ms Nargis Wieck
Executive Director, German-Azerbaijani Chamber of Commerce (AHK Azerbaijan)
Mr Elmir Musayev
General Director, SOCAR Green
Ms Petra Schwager
Chief, Climate and Technology Partnership Division, UNIDO
Ms Eliz Ozdemir
OGDC, Senior Program Manager
Mr Afgan Isayev
SOCAR, Vice President
Mr Anton Aristov
BCG, Managing Director & Partner
Mr Mustafa Gurbanli
Head of Environmental Disclosures and Green Affairs Department, SOCAR
Mr Anar Mansurov
BP, Regional HSE&C Manager
Mr Tron Svanes
Energy Specialist, Asian Development Bank
Ms Lola Odunsi
Account Director for the Region, GHGSat
Mr Nasar Hayat
FAO Azerbaijan
Mr Franco Lucherini
Sales Staff Director - Solution Architecture, Baker Hughes
Mr Virender Kumar Duggal
Carbon Markets Unit Head, ADB
Mr Emin Aliyev
Senior Economist of the Baku Stock Exchange
Mr Ali Ahmadzada
Central Bank of Azerbaijan, Economist of the Financial Sector Sustainable Development Department
Mr Mahammad Aliyev
AZAL, ESG Data Management Business Partner
Ms Samra Talishinskaya-Abbasova
Unibank, Sustainable manager
Mr Rza Naghiyev
Socar Green, Investments & Project Development Director
Mr Orkhan Zeynalov
Deputy Minister of Energy, Republic of Azerbaijan
Mr Ashraf Shikhaliyev
Head of International Cooperation Department
Ms Claire Marion Nicolas
World Bank, Senior Energy Economist in ESMAP (Energy Sector Management Assistance Program)
Mr Sebastian Salter
Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW), Australian Government, Director, Action Agenda Engagement
Mr Shihab Elborai
PwC, Partner
Mr Rashad Hasanov
Deputy Minister of Digital Development and Transport, Republic of Azerbaijan
Ms Erika Piirmets
International Expert in Digital Transformation, Estonia
Mr Farid Osmanov
IDDA, Chairman
Mr Jens Nielsen
World Climate Foundation, CEO
Mr Andrei Shubaderov
EPAM Systems, Director of People Operations (TBC)
Ms Anacláudia Rossbach
Executive Director, UN-Habitat
Mr Ismail Serageldin
CECo-Chair, Nizami Ganjavi International Centre (NGIC)O, World Climate Foundation
Ms Anna Soave
Head of Country Programme, UN-Habitat Azerbaijan
Mr Abdinassir Shale Sagar
WUF Coordinator, UN-Habitat
Ms Lin O’Grady
Deputy Head, Project Preparation, Sustainable Infrastructure Group, EBRD
Ms Aliya Azimova
Country Representative, International Finance Corporation
Ms Kara Jenkinson
International Programme and Operations Specialist at FAO Azerbaijan
Mr Tahir Rzayev
Member of the National Assembly of Azerbaijan (Milli Majlis) and Chairman of the Agrarian Policy Committee
Mr Ferhat Cholak
Director General for European Union and Foreign Relations at the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry of the Republic of Turkiye
Mr Sacha Backes
World Bank's Country Manager for Azerbaijan (TBC)
Mr Rashad Huseynov
Director of Agro Research Center under the Ministry of Agriculture of Azerbaijan
Ms Yvette Zenina
FAO Natural Resources Officer (Climate Change) in Central Asia and Turkiye
Ms Amina Akhmetzhanova
Country Engagement and Outreach Consultant for the UNEP-convened Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC) Secretariat
Mr Sai Sharan Panda
Baker Hughes, Director
Ms Rana Humbatova
Deputy Director, Azerbaijan Renewable Energy Agency
Mr Afgan Isayev
Vice President, SOCAR
Ms Lisa Larsen
Climate Champions Team
Mr Guy Shone
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