{"id":1855,"date":"2025-04-03T12:00:31","date_gmt":"2025-04-03T16:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/cghe\/?p=1855"},"modified":"2025-04-04T19:40:11","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T23:40:11","slug":"cghe-at-cop29-in-baku-azerbaijan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/cghe\/2025\/04\/03\/cghe-at-cop29-in-baku-azerbaijan\/","title":{"rendered":"CGHE at COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/cghe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2025\/04\/COP29_web1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1858\" src=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/cghe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2025\/04\/COP29_web1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"444\" height=\"222\" srcset=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/cghe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2025\/04\/COP29_web1.jpg 444w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/cghe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2025\/04\/COP29_web1-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/cghe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2025\/04\/COP29_web1-110x55.jpg 110w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 444px) 100vw, 444px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tecla Coleman MPH\u201921, CGHE Program Manager, attended the UN Climate Change Conference (<a href=\"https:\/\/unfccc.int\/cop29\">COP29<\/a>) in Baku, Azerbaijan, last November. Ms. Coleman participated in a <a href=\"https:\/\/futureeconomy.forum\/advancing-regenerative-agriculture-innovations-cop29\/\">stakeholder\u00a0dinner<\/a> series with high-level leaders from around the world focused on climate change, regenerative agriculture, and land use. The collaborative event was a forum for knowledge-sharing among farmers, Ministers of Agriculture, food manufacturers, journalists, policymakers, and civilians. Notable attendees included His Excellency Hailemariam Desalegn, the former Prime Minister of Ethiopia and chair of <a href=\"https:\/\/agra.org\/\">AGRA<\/a>, an African-led institution committed to expanding agricultural innovations that enable small farmers to achieve higher incomes, improved livelihoods, and greater food security. COP29 lasted 12 days and attracted over 50,000 participants from nearly 200 countries. Food Tank, Future Economy Forum, and a host of other organizations sponsored the stakeholder dinner series.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-1855 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/cghe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2025\/04\/COP29_web5.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" src=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/cghe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2025\/04\/COP29_web5.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1862\" srcset=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/cghe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2025\/04\/COP29_web5.jpg 640w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/cghe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2025\/04\/COP29_web5-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/cghe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2025\/04\/COP29_web5-41x55.jpg 41w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/cghe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2025\/04\/COP29_web5-580x773.jpg 580w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1862'>\n\t\t\t\tRegenerative Agriculture Innovations: Solutions Dialogue &amp; Dinner at COP29 &#8211; Baku, Azerbaijan November 2024\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/cghe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2025\/04\/COP29_web3.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" src=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/cghe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2025\/04\/COP29_web3.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1860\" srcset=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/cghe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2025\/04\/COP29_web3.jpg 640w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/cghe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2025\/04\/COP29_web3-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/cghe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2025\/04\/COP29_web3-41x55.jpg 41w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/cghe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2025\/04\/COP29_web3-580x773.jpg 580w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1860'>\n\t\t\t\tRegenerative Agriculture Innovations: Solutions Dialogue &amp; Dinner at COP29 &#8211; Baku, Azerbaijan November 2024\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/cghe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2025\/04\/COP29_web4-e1743810004930.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"433\" src=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/cghe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2025\/04\/COP29_web4-e1743810004930.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1861\" srcset=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/cghe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2025\/04\/COP29_web4-e1743810004930.jpg 640w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/cghe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2025\/04\/COP29_web4-e1743810004930-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/cghe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2025\/04\/COP29_web4-e1743810004930-81x55.jpg 81w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/cghe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2025\/04\/COP29_web4-e1743810004930-580x392.jpg 580w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1861'>\n\t\t\t\tRegenerative Agriculture Innovations: Solutions Dialogue &amp; Dinner at COP29 &#8211; Baku, Azerbaijan November 2024\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/cghe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2025\/04\/HailemariamDesalegn_web.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1462\" height=\"817\" src=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/cghe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2025\/04\/HailemariamDesalegn_web.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1867\" srcset=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/cghe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2025\/04\/HailemariamDesalegn_web.jpg 1462w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/cghe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2025\/04\/HailemariamDesalegn_web-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/cghe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2025\/04\/HailemariamDesalegn_web-1024x572.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/cghe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2025\/04\/HailemariamDesalegn_web-768x429.jpg 768w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/cghe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2025\/04\/HailemariamDesalegn_web-98x55.jpg 98w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/cghe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2025\/04\/HailemariamDesalegn_web-800x447.jpg 800w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/cghe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2025\/04\/HailemariamDesalegn_web-270x152.jpg 270w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/cghe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2025\/04\/HailemariamDesalegn_web-580x324.jpg 580w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1462px) 100vw, 1462px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1867'>\n\t\t\t\tPhoto Courtesy of Food Tank. Former Prime Minister of Ethiopia and chair of AGRA, His Excellency Hailemariam Desalegn, speaks at stakeholder dinner at COP29 UN Climate Change Conference in Baku, Azerbaijan last November\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tecla Coleman MPH\u201921, CGHE Program Manager, attended the UN Climate Change Conference (COP29) in Baku, Azerbaijan, last November. Ms. Coleman participated in a stakeholder\u00a0dinner series with high-level leaders from around the world focused on climate change, regenerative agriculture, and land use.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":1863,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[62],"class_list":["post-1855","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","tag-cop29","author-9"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/cghe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1855","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/cghe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/cghe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/cghe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/cghe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1855"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/cghe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1855\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1868,"href":"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/cghe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1855\/revisions\/1868"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/cghe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1863"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/cghe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/cghe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1855"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/cghe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}