Who thinks oil state Azerbaijan is 'perfectly suited' to hosting a climate summit? Azerbaijan does
COP29 president Mukhtar Babayev defends Azerbaijan's hosting of the UN climate conference while European politicians feel queasy about working with the country's autocratic government after its fierce crackdown on activists,
Azerbaijan is hosting the U.N. climate conference, putting the authoritarian petrostate in spotlight
Diplomats from across the world head to Azerbaijan for the annual climate summit, known as COP29. Critics allege greenwashing of the authoritarian petrostate.
Azerbaijan is the host of the UN's climate conference, shining a spotlight on the petrostate
Diplomats from across the world will descend on the Azerbaijani capital of Baku for the annual climate summit, known as COP29, to discuss how to avoid the increasing threats from climate change in a place that was one of the birthplaces of the oil
Welcome to Baku, a city built on oil hosting the world’s climate conference
This week, world leaders will meet in Azerbaijan’s capital to discuss global warming and other environmental issues at the United Nations COP29 summit.
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There’s a mind-bending Soviet-era oil rig city ‘floating’ on the planet’s largest lake
Neft Daşları, meaning “Oil Rocks,” was the world’s first oil-drilling platform. In recent decades, its population has dwindled, while sections have fallen into disrepair and been claimed by the sea.
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