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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