Chief adviser returns home after joining COP29 in Baku

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus returned home this evening wrapping up his Baku tour to attend the global climate meet Conference of Parties-29 (COP29).
“A flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the chief adviser and his entourage reached the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka at 8:00pm,” CA’s Deputy Press Secretary Abul Kalam Azad Majumder said.
On the first day of his tour to Azerbaijan on November 12, the chief adviser joined the opening session of COP29 in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, and met at least 20 top leaders of countries across the globe and heads of international agencies.
He met Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the Turkish First Lady at the summit of the world leaders at the COP29 venue.
Yunus also met UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan; Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif; President of the Maldives Mohamed Muizzu; Bhutan PM Tshering Tobgay; and Nepal President Ramchandra Paudel.
Prof Yunus also met the PMs of Belgium, Bosnia Herzegovina, Albania, Barbados, presidents of Ghana, Rwanda, Montenegro, vice presidents of Brazil and Iran, president of FIFA, the and director general of IOM.
On the second day of the summit, the chief adviser addressed the Opening Session of the World Leaders Climate Action Summit in COP29, calling for creating a new life-style based on zero waste and zero carbon aiming to protect the planet from climatic catastrophes.
He joined a LDC high-level meeting with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres.
On Wednesday, Prof Yunus also joined a number of events on the sidelines of COP29.
Today, the CA met Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev at the COP29 climate summit venue.
Besides, he held a meeting with former British PM Theresa May on the sidelines.
Lu Alckmin, wife of vice president of Brazil Geraldo Alckmin, called on the chief adviser at the venue of the COP29 global climate summit today.