Today, the Azerbaijani office of the World Wild Fund (WWF) and the international office of WWF organized a media tour for journalists within the framework of the COP29 conference with the participation of international television and radio companies BBC, Sky TV, the local media channel CBC and also news agencies and resources such as AZERTAC, GreenPen. az and other, journalists visited the Absheron National Park and the Yanardag («Burning mountain») — Yanar mountain reserve.

During the media tour, WWF Azerbaijan Director Elshad Asgarov, WWF International Deputy Head of Climate Practice Steven Cornelius, and WWF Azerbaijan Climate Change Expert Elana Alizade was interviewed to journalists BBC’s, Justin Rowlatt, Sky TV’s, Victoria Seabrook and CBC’s, Brilliant Islamova
about the reasons for the change in the level of the Caspian Sea, the largest closed water basin on earth, in the context of climate change. , biodiversity conservation, climate change impact on nature, global impacts topics, expectations from COP29.

The organizers of the media tour, WWF International Media Manager Robin Harvey, WWF UK Mike Eames, , WWF Azerbaijan COP29 Communications Coordinator Elchin Sardarov and WWF Azerbaijan climate change expert Elana Alizade told the journalists about goal and purposes of the visit.

During the media tour, WWF Azerbaijan’s COP29 communication coordinator Elchin Sardarov presented to journalists and foreign guests from WWF an informative guide for journalists on the Caspian Sea and Absheron National Park, prepared with reference to the information sources of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources and national legislation. In addition, journalists were invited to a presentation on November 18 at COP29 in the «Blue» Zone with the participation of the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and its partners.

By Elvira Hacıbek / GreenPen.az

Author of Photos: Elchin Sardar