BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 27.鈥 The Acting
Secretary General of the Global South NGO Platform, Ramil
Iskandarli, participated in the 鈥淐limate Innovation Forum 鈥 2025鈥
held in London on June 25-26, 2025, Trend reports.
The event took place at the historic Guildhall and gathered over
two thousand representatives from the global business community,
financial institutions, and civil society.
Hosted by a UK-based climate action organization, the forum
featured speeches from prominent leaders, including the United
Kingdom鈥檚 secretary of state for energy security and net zero,
Edward Miliband, President of the Twenty-Ninth Conference of the
Parties (COP29) and Azerbaijan鈥檚 special representative on climate
affairs, Mukhtar Babayev, Brazil鈥檚 minister for environment and
climate change, Marina Silva, UK special climate envoy, Rachel
Kyte, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, COP29 high-level champion, Nigar
Arpadarai, and others.
During the forum, a publication titled “A Positive Nature
Approach: A Shift Toward a Safer and Fairer Future” was
presented. The publication spotlighted the role of the Global South
NGO Platform in nature-based climate action.
鈥淥ur perspective aligns with the authors: one focused on
ensuring a fair, inclusive, and sustainable future for all. The
Global South, most vulnerable to climate change, must remain at the
heart of a nature-based transition. We advocate for inclusive and
equitable climate financing solutions that minimize risks in the
Global South. The voices of civil society institutions from these
countries should not be sidelined in global climate decisions. The
platform will continue to serve as a venue for meaningful dialogue
rooted in fairness, dignity, and trust,鈥 said Iskenderli.
The Global South NGO Platform, established in Baku on April 28,
2025, with the participation of civil society organizations from
116 countries, held its first official side event on June 19 in
Bonn, Germany. Organized within the framework of the 62nd Session
of the Subsidiary Bodies of the United Nations Framework Convention
on Climate Change (SB62), the event 鈥 titled “Uniting for
a Just World: Strengthening South-South Solidarity and Partnerships
for Equitable Climate Solutions” 鈥 brought together 47
representatives from 32 countries and a broad coalition of climate
Iskenderli noted that discussions from the Bonn event were
echoed in London, underscoring the platform鈥檚 growing role in
bridging divides between the Global North and South and building
trust through inclusive engagement.
In recent months, the platform鈥檚 active engagement in New York,
Bonn, and London underscores its growing role in narrowing the gap
between the Global North and South, fostering more inclusive and
effective dialogue, and advancing mutual trust in global climate
cooperation.
On May 29, 2025, in New York, Dima Al-Khatib, Director of the
United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation (UNOSSC), voiced
her support for the platform鈥檚 establishment.
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