BAKU, Azerbaijan, October 29. Preparations are underway in the Baku Metro for the upcoming Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29), Head of the Press Service of the Baku Metro CJSC Bakhtiyar Mammadov said in a statement to Trend.
Mammadov pointed out that they are all hands on deck with the relevant organizations to tackle the necessary operational tweaks.
“The emphasis is mostly on addressing challenges associated with the metro's operating framework, in light of the expected surge of visitors for COP29, as well as other pertinent issues. Work is underway, and the public will be notified of any alterations to the metro's operations,” Mammadov 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 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 otherwise determined by the parties, COP is held annually. The inaugural COP event took place in March 1995 in the bustling city of Berlin, Germany, with its secretariat nestled in Bonn.
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