BAKU, Azerbaijan, October 18. There will be no special traffic restrictions on Baku’s main streets and avenues during COP29, Department Director at the COP29, Azerbaijan Operational Company Orkhan Mahmudlu said during a media tour of the Baku Olympic Stadium, Trend reports.
Mahmudlu noted that traffic regulation measures will be put in place on several routes connecting the airport to the city and the city to the stadium as world leaders arrive in Azerbaijan for the summit scheduled for November 11-13.
"During this period, there may be certain difficulties for other vehicles on the roads, which is why we have developed and presented a traffic regulation plan for the city. This plan will provide alternative routes, and we will keep the public informed about these options," he said.
To note, the 29th session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29) will be held in Azerbaijan in November this year. The decision was made at the plenary meeting of COP28 held in Dubai on December 11 last year.
The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change is an agreement signed at the Rio Earth Summit in June 1992 to prevent dangerous human interference in the climate system. The acronym COP (Conference of Parties) stands for Conference of Parties, which is the highest legislative body overseeing the implementation of the Framework Convention on Climate Change.
A total of 198 countries are parties to the convention. Unless the parties have decided otherwise, COP is held annually. The first COP event was held in March 1995 in Berlin, and its secretariat is located in Bonn.
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