BAKU, Azerbaijan, October 18. A total of 90 percent of venue preparations for COP29 has been completed, member of the Coordination Board under COP29 Azerbaijan Operating Company Ismayil Isayev told reporters during a media tour of the Baku Olympic Stadium, Trend reports.
“Preparatory work continues at the COP29 venue, which is already 90 percent complete. A number of events are planned for the end of this month to fully test the work. We'll be fully confident that preparations for the start of the COP29 event are completed. Inclusiveness in the premises is implemented at a high level, and certain measures have been taken to ensure accessibility,” he added.
This November, Azerbaijan will host COP29. This decision was made at the COP28 plenary meeting held in Dubai on December 11 last year.
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is an agreement signed at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in June 1992 to prevent dangerous human interference with the climate system. COP—the Conference of the Parties—is the highest legislative body overseeing the implementation of the Framework Convention on Climate Change. There are 198 countries that are parties to the Convention. Unless the parties agree otherwise, the COP is held annually. The first COP event took place in March 1995 in Germany's Berlin with its secretariat in Bonn.
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