Baku Climate Action Week 2024 is now over
We invite you to read our final press release and comprehensive BCAW 2024 report and view the videos below.
Mukhtar Babayev
President-Designate COP29
In such an important year for Azerbaijan, Baku Climate Action Week is another important milestone in the deepening national conversation to accelerate action on climate change in our country. Azerbaijan hopes to lead by example, and COP29’s vision of enhancing ambition and enabling action needs everyone, from both developed and developing countries, to play their part.
Nigar Arpadarai
Climate Change High-Level Champion for COP29
Azerbaijan is honoured to host COP29 in November and the Presidency is sparing no effort to make it a success, so we can enhance ambition and enable action on climate change. We know that cities and the private sector have a key role to play in driving climate solutions and supporting international diplomacy. This is why I, as COP29 High-Level Champion, and the COP29 Presidency are proud to host the inaugural Baku Climate Action Week.
Eldar Azizov
Mayor of Baku City
In an exciting year for our city, and Azerbaijan, we are proud to have the responsibility of managing such a large scale and high-profile event. Preparations are well underway for November, and we are on track to host what will no doubt be a world-class series of events at COP29. Baku is a city that has become accustomed to hosting global conferences and this year is no different, with Baku Climate Action Week the latest example of this.
As Azerbaijan prepares to host COP29, the United Nations’ climate change conference,
in November, we are building domestic momentum six weeks ahead with the first-ever
Baku Climate Action Week. Our capital city is famed worldwide for its combination of stylish modern architecture, green parks, ocean boulevards, and UNESCO World Heritage sites.
To this we wish to add a commitment to climate action and a just and green transition.
Baku Climate Action Week is designed as a key moment for social activation to set us along this path. It will be the first step of many. We invite you to join us on this journey and look forward to welcoming you to Baku.
Introduction to Baku Climate Action Week
The inaugural Baku Climate Action Week (BCAW 2025) will take place from Monday 29th September to Friday 3rd October 2025. It will mark a key point in the diplomatic calendar as the international community prepares for COP29 in Baku in November 2024.
Following on the heels of the UN General Assembly (10-24/9) and New York Climate Week (22-29/9), Baku Climate Action Week (30/9-4/10) will pick up the drumbeat for the Roadmap to Mission 1.5°C, announced by the Climate COP Presidencies Troika, and support the COP29 Presidency’s 14-point Action Agenda.
With an international perspective and local context, Baku Climate Action Week (BCAW) will bring together key stakeholders from policy, private sector, finance, trade and investment, science & academia, cities and regions, arts and culture, civil society and media as the next step from Bonn, London Climate Action Week and New York, to build the foundations for a successful COP29.
Baku Climate Action Week will serve as the key moment to deepen the national conversation and accelerate action on climate change in Azerbaijan, including through existing initiatives for sustainable growth. BCAW will seek to engage everyone from political and business leaders to local communities and young people. It will serve as an educational and inspirational platform to address Azerbaijan’s current challenges due to climate change, explore progress so far in key sectors such as oil and gas, create and deepen partnerships in the region and internationally, including through the Presidency’s Action Agenda.