Azerbaijan has selected its ecology minister—and a former executive at the country’s state-run oil company—to lead the United Nations’ flagship climate conference later this year. The decision has reignited fierce debate over the role the fossil fuel industry should play in global climate talks. U.N. officials on Friday confirmed the appointment of Mukhtar Babayev as … Continue reading Activists Call for Process ‘Overhaul’ After Oil Industry Veteran Confirmed to Lead COP29