Baku, Azerbaijan - November 11, 2024 Foreign officials have hailed China's efforts and leading role in promoting global green transition and international environment cooperation at the ongoing 29th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) , or COP29. COP29 kicked off in Azerbaijan's capital city of Baku on Nov 11 and will run until Nov 22 . This year's climate conference aims at seeking a new climate change funding goal to replace the existing collective target of mobilizing and providing 100 billion U.S. dollars annually by developed countries in support of developing countries. The conference also focuses on such topics as global carbon trading market, as well as global energy transition from fossil fuels. Shotlist: Baku, Azerbaijan - Nov 11, 2024: 1. Various of COP29 signs; Baku, Azerbaijan - Recent 2. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Javid Abdullayev, Director of Renewable Energy Agency, Azerbaijani Ministry of Energy (partially overlaid with shot 3): "Azerbaijan has made significant progress in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and the cooperation with Chinese partners has developed rapidly. I firmly believe that cooperation with Chinese companies will continue, and we will witness the introduction of numerous new technologies in Azerbaijan. Investors working in Azerbaijan will also be eager to collaborate with Chinese companies."; [SHOT OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE] Baku, Azerbaijan - Nov 11, 2024 3. COP29 sign; [SHOT OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE] Baku, Azerbaijan - Nov 11, 2024 4. Sign reading "Welcome to COP29; Entrance"; 5. Participants talking; Baku, Azerbaijan - Recent 6. SOUNDBITE (English) Peter Bakker, president and CEO, World Business Council for Sustainable Development (partially overlaid with shot 7): "I think China has been very impressive in the way they have been able to scale up the renewable energies, solar, wind, some hydro power, [like the one] in the Three Gorges Dam. I think the electric vehicle industry in China has taken off in an unbelievable way. I think you are beginning to be the leader in battery technology, in some of the fast charging technologies, even in the recycling of battery technologies."; [SHOT OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE] FILE: Yichang City, Hubei Province, central China - Date Unknown 7. Aerial shots of Three Gorges Dam; [SHOT OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE] FILE: Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province, east China - Feb 25, 2020 8. Various of Geely's automobile assembly line, workers; Baku, Azerbaijan - Recent 9. SOUNDBITE (English) Balarabe Abbas Lawal, Nigerian Minister of Environment: "We have now a very robust cooperation between Nigeria and China. Recently we were invited to Beijing, where we had a discussion on the area of solar panel. In Nigeria, we are also looking and trying to tap from China in doing our green industrialization. But the most important that we are looking at is the issue [of] clean energy."; FILE: China - Exact Location and Date Unknown 10. Aerial shots of solar panels; Baku, Azerbaijan - Recent 11. SOUNDBITE (English) Ruleta Camacho-Thomas, Antigua and Barbuda's Climate Change Ambassador (partially overlaid with shot 12): "We think China is a major player. We do see that your actions are actually greater than you promote. South-South cooperation and partnership will be very important for us for technology and capacity building. As you know, the costs of transitioning away from a fossil-fuel-dependent economy is very expensive. Antigua and Barbuda needs access to affordable technologies, including renewable energy based technologies like solar panels."; [SHOT OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE] FILE: China - Exact Location and Date Unknown 12. Aerial shot of solar panels; [SHOT OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE] FILE: China - Exact Location and Date Unknown 13. Aerial shots of wind turbines; Baku, Azerbaijan - Recent 14. SOUNDBITE (English) Brian Isabirye, Commissioner for Renewable Energy, Uganda's Ministry of Energy and Minerals Development (starting with shot 13): "China is the champion in the cause, is leading the world. They have done [not only] the biggest investment like I've said, but also [is] supporting us in technical assistance, in technology transfer, capacity building, but also the police and regulatory frameworks, but also increasing awareness."; FILE: China - Exact Location and Date Unknown 15. Aerial shot of cityscape, traffic. [Restriction - No access Chinese mainland]