It’s high time to end this ludicrous COP jamboree – but it just won’t die
There is something poetic in the way that the delegates attending the 11-day COP29 climate conference in Baku were forced to ...
Host of the COP29 climate talks Is raining on his own parade
Azerbaijani leader Ilham Aliyev has been praising fossil fuel and taking shots at geopolitical rivals, casting a cloud over ...
Keir Starmer accused of emboldening ‘repressive’ Azerbaijani regime with climate summit visit
Prime Minister was one of only two G7 heads of government to attend COP hosted by leader accused of election fraud and human ...
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The mysterious Swiss fixer behind the operations of Azerbaijan’s presidential family
A Swiss-French businessman has played a central role in setting up shadow companies for Azerbaijan’s ruling elite. We tried to track him down in Switzerland.
French minister shuns Cop29 over Azeri comments on New Caledonia, colonialism
French Environment Minister Agnes Pannier-Runacher will stay away from the Cop29 global climate change conference in Baku ...
Climate leaders were worried Trump would derail talks. They didn’t know their host would be the wrecking ball
From the moment the US election results rolled in, climate leaders knew Donald Trump would be a blow to the COP29 talks in ...
Azerbaijan’s leader takes a wrecking ball to his own climate talks as calls rise for total ‘overhaul’
From the moment the US election results rolled in, climate leaders knew Donald Trump would be a blow to the COP29 talks in ...
Analysis-COP talks struggle in a year of climate stress and global bickering
This year's U.N. climate summit is struggling to focus minds on the health of the planet, with turbulent geopolitics, a ...
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UN climate summit 'no longer fit for purpose', activists say after Cop29 host says oil is 'gift from God'
A UN climate summit is "no longer fit for purpose" an activists' group has said after Cop29 in Azerbaijan. Top scientists and ...
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Azerbaijan craters its own climate conference
The Azerbaijani autocrat opened this year’s global climate conference, known as COP29, with a rant against Western “hypocrisy.” Two days later, he tore into France and the Netherlands for what he ...
EU Denounces 'Unacceptable' Attacks From COP29 Host Aliyev
The EU said Thursday that "unacceptable" attacks by Azerbaijan's president Ilham Aliyev on the bloc, France and the Netherlands risked undermining the COP29 climate conference being held in Baku.
COP29 Host Azerbaijan Says Doors 'Still Open' After Spat With France
Azerbaijan's "doors are still open", the COP29 presidency's lead negotiator said Thursday after France's ecology minister pulled out of the UN climate summit over "unacceptable" remarks by President ...