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Azerbaijan: How the COP host waters down its climate plans

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Published: September 25th, 2024,
Last updated: May 28th, 2025

Heavy dependence on fossil fuels: Azerbaijan’s gas reserve.
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Two months before the COP29 conference in Baku, the host country received poor scores for its climate policy and preparations: A new report by the think tank cooperation Climate Action Tracker (CAT) rates the country’s policies and plans as „critically insufficient.“ And the COP29 presidency’s official proposals for the conference outcomes have so far failed to include the 2030 climate targets agreed at COP28 last year.

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