With a global outlook and local context, Baku Climate Action Week (BCAW) will convene key stakeholders—from policy and finance to science, culture, and civil society—to help lay the foundations for a successful COP30. This will be the second time Azerbaijan has hosted BCAW.
COP29 President Mukhtar Babayev and COP29 High-Level Champion Nigar Arpadarai announced on Tuesday that the country would once again host Baku Climate Action Week from Monday 29 September to Friday 3 October 2025.
This year, Baku Climate Action Week will serve once more as a landmark event for business leaders, investors, policymakers, scientists, academics, youth and civil society to come together, share climate solutions and drive change through collaboration.
The key themes for this year’s BCAW will include: Energy Transition; Sustainable Agriculture and Water Resource Management; Cities/ Built Environment; Science, technology & innovation; Sustainable Economic Growth; SMEs and Green Skills; Youth & NextGen Start-Ups; Climate Adaptation & Resilience.
Baku Climate Action Week is being held in partnership with London and Rio Climate Action Weeks, and will once again be curated by Malini Mehra, an award-winning civil society leader with three decades of experience in the sustainability, climate change and human rights fields.
“Azerbaijan was honoured to host COP29 and we are proud of the many outcomes achieved. But there is no time to rest on one’s laurels as temperatures continue to rise and climate impacts threaten every part of the world with greater ferocity. We must not lose focus. Investment in climate action must not waver, and we must seize the opportunities that it creates," - said COP29 President, Mukhtar Babayev.
He added: ”Azerbaijan will continue to be a standard bearer for climate action in our region and will demonstrate the opportunities created by embracing the green transition. As the COP29 Presidency, we will continue to promote this message globally, as we work with the incoming COP30 Presidency of Brazil to deliver their objectives."
COP29 High-Level Champion, Nigar Arpadarai, said: “Last year, Baku Climate Action Week (BCAW) helped galvanize climate action across all sectors of society in Azerbaijan and the wider region. We must now build on this momentum to drive lasting change. BCAW also strengthened ties with global cities like London, which pioneered city-wide climate action through its own Climate Action Week."
She said that this year, BCAW would partner with Rio de Janeiro to launch the first-ever Rio Climate Action Week and added: "These emerging models demonstrate how climate action can be scaled effectively, and we look forward to building on the legacy of COP29 and the networks we’ve established."
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