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Azerbaijan

Scenes From an Unfolding Climate Drama

ICN international climate policy reporter Bob Berwyn reviews the past decade of the United Nations Climate Change Conference.

Story and photos by Bob Berwyn

COP28 in Dubai unfolded amid spectacle and conspicuous wealth in 2023, as fossil-fuel power dominated the setting of the world’s largest climate summit and global emissions continued to rise.
Toeolesulusulu Cedric Schuster, Samoa Minister of Natural Resources and Environment, leaves a meeting as a representative of the Alliance of Small Island States on day twelve of the COP29 climate conference on Nov. 23 in Baku, Azerbaijan. Credit: Sean Gallup/Getty Images

How COP29 Came Close to Collapse, as Developed and Developing Nations Clashed Under the Weak Azerbaijanis

Interview by Steve Curwood, Living on Earth

As the world tries to shift away from fossil fuels at COP29 in Baku, a new report shows how climate disinformation is slowing those efforts. Credit: UN Climate Change/Habib Samadov

Disinformation Threatens Climate Action, UN Warns

By Bob Berwyn

Activists demonstrate for climate adaptation financing on day eight of COP29 on Monday in Baku, Azerbaijan. Credit: Sean Gallup/Getty Images

Climate Finance Outcome at COP29 Still in Doubt

By Bob Berwyn

Activists protesting against fossil fuel lobbyists participating in COP29 demonstrate on day five of the UNFCCC climate conference on Nov. 15 in Baku, Azerbaijan. Credit: Sean Gallup/Getty Images

The Fossil Fuel Industry Continues to Exert Undue Influence Over COP29, Activists Say

By Bob Berwyn

UNFCCC executive secretary Simon Stiell (left) and COP29 president Mukhtar Babayev chat prior to a plenary session on the opening day of the climate conference on Nov. 11 in Baku, Azerbaijan. Credit: Sean Gallup/Getty Images

New Calls for Reform Emerge as COP29 Negotiations Struggle

By Bob Berwyn

A panel presents the United Nations Methane Report at the COP29 climate conference on Friday in Baku, Azerbaijan. Credit: Sean Gallup/Getty Images

The Tug-of-War on This Climate Super Pollutant Has Big Implications for the Future

By Phil McKenna

Country delegates attend the opening ceremony of the UNFCCC COP29 Climate Conference on Monday in Baku, Azerbaijan. Credit: Sean Gallup/Getty Images

‘COP Fatigue’: Experts Warn That Size and Spectacle of Global Climate Summit Is Hindering Progress

By Bob Berwyn

Participants walk through the entrance of COP29 at the Baku Olympic Stadium in the Azerbaijan capital on Sunday. Credit: Dominika Zarzycka/NurPhoto via Getty Images

US Election Darkens the Door of COP29 as It Opens in Azerbaijan

By Bob Berwyn

Delegates from countries around the world meet on June 3 at the annual climate conference in Bonn, Germany in preparation for COP29. Credit: Christoph Driessen/picture alliance via Getty Images

Developing Countries Say Their Access Difficulties at Bonn Climate Talks Show Justice Issues Obstruct Climate Progress

By Bob Berwyn

Turkiye’s State Disaster and Emergency Management Authority, along with the teams from Russia, Spain, Italy, Tunisia, Algeria and UAE conduct search and rescue operations in the aftermath of severe flooding caused by Storm Daniel in Derna, Libya on Sept. 19, 2023. Credit: Halil Fidan/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

Significant Environmental and Climate Impacts Are Impinging on Human Rights in Every Country, a New Report Finds

By Katie Surma

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