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Azerbaijan greenwashes authoritarianism at COP29

The New Arab 19 Nov 2024
Critics pointed to Azerbaijan’s questionable climate policies, attacks on civil society, and poor governance, casting doubt on the summit’s credibility ... for the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR).
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The Real Climate Change Disaster

The American Spectator 19 Nov 2024
climate conference, is underway in Azerbaijan. Attendees at the conference (other than the host delegates and hundreds of fossil fuel lobbyists) have been bemoaning the fact that the world is way off target to keep warming below 1.5 degrees Celsius ... S.
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Climate talks’ 1st week sees little progress

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette 18 Nov 2024
Activists blasted the talks as being too wedded to fossil fuels, citing Aliyev's comments and the facts that Azerbaijan is a big oil producer and that more than 1,700 people connected to the fossil ...
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Climate SOS

Manila Bulletin 18 Nov 2024
UNDER THE MICROSCOPE ... Pepito, just made landfall in Luzon, wondering if my flight will be able to land safely in Manila ... In fact, it was held in Azerbaijan, a country almost fully dependent on fossil fuels for its survival ... This just in ... .
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As talks in Baku cross the halfway point, nations are no closer to a goal ...

Wtop 17 Nov 2024
Activists blasted the talks as being too wedded to fossil fuels, citing Aliyev’s comments, the fact that Azerbaijan is a big oil producer and that more than 1,700 people connected to the fossil fuel industry were part of the negotiations.
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Impact of climate change on child hunger

The Irish Times 16 Nov 2024
Sir, – Speaking at Cop29 in Azerbaijan earlier this week, UN Secretary General António Guterres highlighted the fact that there are “children going to bed hungry as droughts ravage crops” and that ...
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Trump called the climate crisis a scam. It could prove a gift to China.

Business Insider 15 Nov 2024
Donald Trump and Xi Jinping at a 2017 event in Beijing ... Trump's victory is overshadowing this week's UN climate summit in Baku, Azerbaijan, where pledges from Biden administration officials are tempered by the fact they won't be around for long ... ....
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Why authoritarian fossil fuel states keep hosting climate conferences

Alternet 14 Nov 2024
This week the 29th “conference of the parties”, COP29, is being held in Baku, Azerbaijan ... What is an authoritarian state and why should we care? ... The mere fact COP29 is being held in Azerbaijan may be a consequence of Russian intervention ... .
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Countries, companies lag in response to tackle methane emissions, UN says

Natural Gas World 13 Nov 2024
"We had expected to be substantially higher," the programme's lead architect, Roland Kupers, told a presentation at the COP29 climate summit in Azerbaijan ... Azerbaijan received alerts for 32 plumes.
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Keir Starmer unveils yet ANOTHER eco target at thinly attended COP29 climate summit - and ...

The Daily Mail 13 Nov 2024
The Azerbaijan president Ilham Aliyev insisted countries should not be embarrassed about selling fossil fuels ... Oil and gas a 'gift from God', Azerbaijan tells Starmer and the Taliban as COP29 turns to farce.
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QUENTIN LETTS: The president of Azerbaijan called fossil fuels a

The Daily Mail 12 Nov 2024
Mr Aliyev had in fact just caused COP's 50,000 delegates to do the nose-trick but it does not do, when a guest in Azerbaijan, to tell its autocratic ruler 'jeepers, that speech of yours was a bit of a ponger'.
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COP 29 opens in Baku with breakthrough on global carbon markets

SAFETY4SEA 12 Nov 2024
The summit runs from 11-22 November in Baku, Azerbaijan, and approximately 70,000 delegates are registered to attend, including heads of state and government who will participate in the leaders’ segment on 12-13 November.
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COP29 isn’t an ‘opportunity’, it’s an embarrassment

AOL 11 Nov 2024
The fact that it is being held in Baku in Azerbaijanhome of fossil fuels and an autocratic government – seems to have been skated over ... it in Azerbaijan seems something of a joke to democracy.
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Will COP29 accomplish anything?

The Manila Times 11 Nov 2024
Azerbaijan has a huge oil and gas industry, and unlike the UAE, which has the fallback of being a global financial center, it has little else going for it ... As far as the marketing effort, that has not worked out as well as Azerbaijan had hoped.
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Azerbaijan COP29 organizers criticized for oil ties and conflicts

Blitz 09 Nov 2024
Azerbaijan’s ... These concerns are exacerbated by the fact that Azerbaijan has a history of using major international events to burnish its image while maintaining tight control over its citizens.

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