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Ilham Aliyev blames ‘Western fake news media’ for criticism of his nation hosting Cop29

The goal was unveiled by the Prime Minister at Cop29 in Azerbaijan

African nations are pushing for a dramatic increase in climate financing at the UN's Cop29 summit that opened in Azerbaijan on Monday – calling for $1.3 trillion (€1.22 trillion) annually to help the continent transition to renewable energy, adapt to climate impacts and address damage from climate-related disasters.

World leaders convene at the 2024 climate conference in Baku, with notable absences but a focus on collaboration and solutions for the climate crisis.

Azerbaijan's human rights violations and crackdown on dissenting voices raise concerns at COP29.

The PM was asked if he is prepared to get more people to change their heating systems and tell them to take fewer flights to reach the target.

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

Dozens of world leaders convene in Azerbaijan on Tuesday for COP29 but many big names are skipping the UN climate talks where the impact of Donald Trump's election victory is keenly felt.

The Prime Minister is in Azerbaijan for the Cop29 summit.

For the third year in a row, the United Nations Climate Change Conference will be hosted by an authoritarian state that sells fossil fuels. This week the 29th “conference of the parties”, COP29, is being held in Baku, Azerbaijan. It follows COP28 in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates last year…

This year’s United Nations climate summit, the Conference of the Parties (COP29) which starts in Azerbaijan this week, has been dubbed the “finance COP”.