Cop climate summits ‘not fit for purpose’, say UN chiefs
The United Nations’ Conference of Parties (Cop) climate summits are “no longer fit for purpose” and require an urgent overhaul, climate experts and former UN chiefs have said.
France shuns COP29 as divisions deepen at UN climate summit
France has in effect boycotted the COP29 UN climate summit in Azerbaijan after an attack by the host country president, laying bare a divide between the two nations at negotiations where guest lists are dominated by regional neighbours and oil and gas interests have been defended.
France shuns Cop29 over Azeri comments on New Caledonia, colonialism
France's Environment Minister Agnes Pannier-Runacher will stay away from the Cop29 global climate change conference in Baku after 'unacceptable' attacks by Azerbaijan's president Ilham Aliyev. France will stay away from the climate talks taking place in the Azeri capital after Ilham Aliyev accused Paris of "crimes" and "human rights violations" in overseas territories including New Caledonia in the South Pacific,
France Furious As Azerbaijan Leader Accuses It Of Colonial 'Crimes' At COP29
France's ecology minister pulled out of the COP29 climate talks in Azerbaijan Wednesday after its authoritarian leader accused France of colonialist "crimes" in New Caledonia, in the latest diplomatic spat between the two countries.
France boycotts COP29 after Azerbaijan’s ‘colonies’ attack
Azerbaijan’s president blamed Emmanuel Macron’s government for deadly violence in New Caledonia earlier this year.
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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 ...
Aliyev criticises Western nations' stance on fossil fuels at COP29 opening speech
Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev used his opening speech at COP29 to deliver a strong criticism of Western governments ...
Azerbaijan's Aliyev Lashes France's Colonial 'Crimes' In New Caledonia
Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev lashed out on Wednesday at the "crimes" of France in its overseas territories like New ...
Geopolitics overshadow COP29 talks on climate cash, as Argentina walks away
By Kate Abnett, Olesya Astakhova and Virginia Furness BAKU (Reuters) -Countries at the COP29 summit tried to make progress on ...
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Heydar Aliyev Foundation's 'Azerbaijan. Inspired by Nature' publication presented on the sidelines of COP29
A new publication of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation dedicated to Azerbaijan was presented as part of COP29 in Baku on Nov 13.
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.
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Azerbaijan’s megaprojects have changed energy, transportation maps of Eurasia: Aliyev
Ilham Aliyev criticizes Western politicians calling his country a ‘petrostate,’ defining assessment as ‘not fair,’ that it ...
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Trump ‘dominating conversation’ at COP29
Tensions are high at the COP29 climate summit in Baku, Azerbaijan. France’s top climate official is shunning the UN climate ...
Azerbaijan President Aliyev blasts France for reaction to New Caledonia protests
President Ilham Aliyev alleged that France's handling of protests in the French overseas territory of New Caledonia, in May, ...
Earth’s biggest polluters aren’t sending leaders to UN climate talks in a year of weather extremes
The major focus of the negotiations is climate finance, which is rich nations trying to help poor countries pay for ...
UN climate talks 'no longer fit for purpose' say key experts
The United Nations' COP climate talks are "no longer fit for purpose" and need an urgent overhaul, key experts including a ...
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Azerbaijan’s president blasts Western "hypocrisy" in combative COP29 speeches
By bne IntelliNews French Ecology Minister Agnes Pannier-Runacher has pulled out of the COP29 climate summit in Baku, ...