COP29: Azerbaijan’s leader takes a wrecking ball to climate talks …
16 hours ago · From the moment the US election results rolled in, climate leaders knew Donald Trump would be a blow to the COP29 talks in Baku. What they didn’t foresee was the demolition job Azerbaijan’s ...
COP29: Azerbaijan accused of ramping up repression of critics | AP News
4 days ago · His sons have accused Azerbaijan’s government of delaying it until after the climate summit to avoid negative publicity. Azerbaijan hosting COP29 while carrying out a crackdown on freedom of speech brings “shame on the international community,” Emin Bayramov said. Anar Mammadli (AP Illustration/Peter Hamlin)
COP 29: World leaders converge for United Nations annual …
4 days ago · BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) — World leaders are converging Tuesday at the United Nations annual climate conference in Baku, Azerbaijan although the big names and powerful countries are noticeably absent, unlike past climate talks which had the star power of a soccer World Cup. But 2024’s climate talks are more like the World Chess Federation ...
COP29: Shanghai, Tokyo, New York, Houston spew ... - Associated Press News
23 hours ago · BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) — Good or bad, the United Nations climate negotiations process itself became the focus of the international talks that aim to curb warming from coal, oil and natural gas. Environmental advocates released reports Friday decrying fossil fuel industry influence at the climate talks called COP29.
Human rights groups raise alarm on crackdown by COP29 hosts
Natalia Nozadze from Amnesty International told BBC News that since Azerbaijan was announced as the host country for COP29 in November last year it has become harder to oppose the government ...
COP29 | UN News
5 days ago · UN Climate Conference COP29. 11-22 November 2024 | Baku, Azerbaijan. This year’s UN climate conference, COP29, will bring together leaders from government, business, and civil society seeking tangible solutions to the defining issue of our time, as global temperatures reach record highs and people worldwide are impacted by extreme weather events.
COP29: UN climate talks 'no longer fit for purpose' say experts - BBC
At the start of COP29, the country’s authoritarian leader, Ilham Aliyev, defended Azerbaijan’s current exports of gas and plans to expand production by a third in the next decade.
Azerbaijan leader accuses France of colonial ‘crimes’ in COP29 …
2 days ago · 13 Nov 2024. French Ecology Minister Agnes Pannier-Runacher has pulled out of the COP29 climate talks in Azerbaijan after its President Ilham Aliyev accused France of carrying out colonialist ...
COP29 Azerbaijan - United Nations Climate Change Conference
Azerbaijan is committed to developing its renewable energy potential, which is an important part of the country’s plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 40% by 2050. The country intends to increase renewable power capacity to 30% by 2030 and diversify its existing energy system to become a leader in green energy.
COP29 Azerbaijan: What’s at stake at the 2024 global climate …
4 days ago · An advocacy group also secretly recorded Elnur Soltanov, Azerbaijan’s deputy energy minister and CEO of COP29, offering to facilitate talks about new fossil fuel deals before the summit.