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Prince Rahim Aga Khan attends High-Level Ministerial Dialogue at COP29
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Prince Rahim Aga Khan attends High-Level Ministerial Dialogue at COP29
Azerbaijan · 16 November 2024 · 2 min
Prince Rahim Aga Khan with H.E. Adil Karimli, Minister of Culture of the Republic of Azerbaijan; H.E. Salem bin Khalid Al Qassimi, Minister of Culture United Arab Emirates; H.R.H. Princess Dana Firas, UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador, President of the Board of Directors of Petra National Trust; H.E. Aktoty Raimkulova, President of the Turkic Culture and Heritage Foundation; H.E. Salim M. AlMalik, Director General of ICESCO; H.E. Aruna Francesca Maria Gujral, Director General of ICCROM; H.E. Dorine Dubois, Chief Executive Office of the Culture Sector UNESCO; H.E. Faud Naghiyev, Chairman of the State Tourism Agency of the Republic of Azerbaijan; H.E. Alanoud Alhaj Al Ali, Acting Assistant Undersecretary for Green Development & Climate Change Sector of the Ministry of Climate Change and Environment, United Arab Emirates; and Ministers of Culture from Jordan, Greece, Malta, Sri Lanka, South Sudan, Uzbekistan, the Maldives and others.
Prince Rahim Aga Khan with H.E. Sabina Hajiyeva, Nazneen Shafi and Aziz Merchant.
Prince Rahim Aga Khan addressing the second High-Level Ministerial Dialogue on Culture-Based Climate Action.
Prince Rahim Aga Khan and H.E. Attaullah Tarar, Federal Minister of Pakistan - Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and National Heritage and Culture Division of Pakistan.
Prince Rahim Aga Khan and H.E. Salem Khalid Al Qassimi, Minister of Culture United Arab Emirates.
Baku, Azerbaijan, 16 November 2024 -Prince Rahim Aga Khan, Chairman of the Aga Khan Development Network's (AKDN) Climate and Environment Committee, addressed the second High-Level Ministerial Dialogue on Culture-Based Climate Action, co-organised by the Group of Friends of Culture-Based Climate Action at COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan.
This event was jointly organised by the United Arab Emirates and Brazil, who co-chair the initiative. During his intervention, Prince Rahim highlighted the work of the Aga Khan Trust for Culture's Historic Cities Programme (AKHCP), which has been active for over three decades.
"Our central objective is to improve the lives of the inhabitants around cultural assets, while promoting models that will sustain these improvements," he said.
"[AKHCP] has shown that investments in culture can help create sustainable and green development. Culture can have a lasting, positive impact in shaping people's lives, identities, and their aspirations."
He presented the AKDN model, showcasing its measurable positive impacts beyond cultural conservation. This model promotes good governance, strengthens civil society, increases incomes and economic opportunities, fosters respect for human rights, and enhances environmental stewardship, even in the world's poorest and most remote regions.
Prince Rahim emphasised that these outcomes should be integral to the role of culture in the context of climate change.
On behalf of AKDN, he endorsed the consensus on the Terms of Reference for the Group of Friends of Culture-Based Climate Action, which was presented at the meeting. The work of AKDN was publicly acknowledged by participating Ministers in their respective speeches.