What a week we had !
During this second week, we met with a number of stakeholders to :
- Present our ten proposals
- Understand their present stance relative to cycling policies
- Plea for systematic integration of cycling in transport policies, whether at COP (NDCs) national or local level.
Trying to be heard at COP is hard work but - now that the heads of state have left - we got more attention and we had the opportunity to get our message out to the media! 📸 📹 🗞️
Pic 2 : Amazing TV interview in a studio where we also brought our bikes 2nd photo (left to right) on the green TV set.
Pic 4 : Manuel De Araujo, Member, Excecutive Commitee of ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability Vice-President for Africa, the mayor of Quelimane City in Mozambiquea who campaigned on his bike 🚲 @manuel_de_araujo_2020
Pic 5 : Our traditional bike ride, this time in Baku with local cyclists NGOs @isisafondation @sherly_mboya @azerbaijan_cycling_federation @velosiped_telim
Pic 7 : With Mary Creagh CBE, the UK minister for Nature 🌱 @marycreagh1
Pic 8 : We met Nicholas Peltier-Thibergen, Global Transport Director at the World Bank with whom we discussed the progress of national cycling policies worlwide and the use of their ROI data to convince political leaders.
We talked about bike sharing at a Bolt event on sustainable transport alongside Ms. Maarifa Pashayeva, Head of Public Policy Azerbaijan at Bolt.
Meeting on Bolt bike sharing event
Picture on the left : we met the SLOCAT Team with Alice Yiu Director, Policy Outreach and Strategic Communications and Maruxa Cardama, Secretary General #Cop29bikeride Ride for sustainable transport and climate action !
Picture on the right : the Cop29 Bike Ride team met Prince Jaime de Bourbon de Parme, the climate envoy of The Netherlands. We continued to promote ride for sustainable transport and climate action !
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We met Arlette Van Gilst, the director of active mobility at the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management for the Netherlands Ministerie van Infrastructuur en Waterstaat @MinIenW
Arlette van Gilst - Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management
Meeting with Jill Warren, the CEO of the European Cyclists' Federation (ECF) @eucyclistsfederation
Cop29 Bike Ride team members with Jill Warren
Meeting with Mohamed Momtaz Hegazy, Climate Transport Champion driving global decarbonization in aviation, maritime, and land transport.
Cop29 Bike Ride team members with Mohamed Momtaz Hegazy
Several interviews with TV channels from all over the globe.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnnLdDNSP88&t=7s
Discover a very nice article in French on the Blog of "Isabelle and the bike"
Throught 10 practical proposals, covering areas like cycling infrastructure investment, last-mile delivery, and planning, the ride shows how integrating cycling into national strategies can help nations meet their climate pledges. By rethinking urban mobility, leaders can embrace cycling as a scalable, sustainable solution for a greener future.
This article marks the end of our activities at COP29 🥳 Are you as motivated as us to explore if there is a way to ride the COP30 in Belem, Brazil ? Is that do-able (how to cross the ocean in a carbon-savvy way with our bikes)? Feel free to subscribe our newsletter to stay tuned with future announcements!
We ride slower, they change faster...