Sustainability Careers Fair organized within Baku Climate Action Week
Baku, October 3, AZERTAC
A Sustainability Careers Fair was organized within the Baku Climate Action Week.
The Sustainability Careers Fair serves as a dynamic and engaging platform that connects university students with professionals working in the field of sustainability across sectors such as business, consultancy, technology, energy, environment, circular economy. It aims to raise awareness, spark interest, and inspire career choices aligned with sustainable development and climate action.
In her opening remarks, Nigar Arpadarai, MP and UN Climate Change High-Level Champion for COP29 Azerbaijan, said that a series of events held during the Baku Climate Action Week (BCAW2025) featured broad discussions on agriculture, water scarcity, women and children's issues. “All these discussions are critical, because we want to shape the future,” she noted.
The UN Climate Change High-Level Champion for COP29 Azerbaijan underlined that young people need to gain new skills to adapt to current realities. "Climate change will impact all areas of life in the future. Therefore, young people must be more flexible. Since climate change is a reality and its impact is felt more severely in some regions, my message to young people is that they must demonstrate increased responsibility," Nigar Arpadarai added.
Other speakers at the event included Leyla Hasanova, Youth Climate Champion for COP29 Azerbaijan, and Adila Aliyeva, head of the Projects and Volunteering Department at the "Regional Development" Public Union of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation.
The event continued with a panel discussion moderated by Nigar Huseynzade, Human Resources Director at Pasha Property Management, and Chairperson of the Human Resources and Vocational Education & Training (HR and VET) Working Group of the German Chamber of Commerce.
Speakers at the event included Rana Tahirova, Communications and Sustainable Development Manager at Holcim Azerbaijan, Representative of Holcim Group, Chair of the Sustainable Development and Corporate Impact Committee of the American Chamber of Commerce in Azerbaijan, Madina Mammadova, Strategy, Risk and Operations Manager at Deloitte, Chair of the ESG Committee of the Azerbaijan-French Chamber of Commerce, Elnara Guliyeva, Head of Capacity Building at AZAL, Elnara Majidova, Head of Employee Transformation Programs at Azerconnect Group.
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