Cop 29

The president of Azerbaijan has added 12 women to the previously all-male organising committee for the Cop29 global climate summit, which the country will host in December. The move follows a backlash after the Guardian reported the…
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Azerbaijan, host of next year’s COP climate summit, is set to boost its gas production by a third over the next decade, with fossil fuel companies forecast to spend $41.4 billion on the country’s gas fields, according to new analysis.…
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The government of Azerbaijan has appointed its environment minister Mukhtar Babayev to be the president of the Cop29 climate talks in Baku in November. While Babayev will chair the talks, Azerbaijan’s deputy foreign minister Yalchin…
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For the second year in a row, a minister with vast experience of the oil industry will be in charge of global climate negotiations. Azerbaijan's Mukhtar Babayev has been named as the president-designate of the COP29 talks in Baku next…
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