Climate change: Former oil executive Mukhtar Babayev to lead COP29 talks in Azerbaijan
For the second year in a row, a man with vast experience of the oil industry will head COP negotiations.
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For the second year in a row, a man with vast experience of the oil industry will head COP negotiations.
Azerbaijan's ecology minister has been named to lead the United Nations' annual climate talks later this year, prompting concern from some climate activists over his former ties to the state oil company in a major oil-producing nation. Mukhtar Babayev's appointment was announced on X by the United Arab Emirates, which hosted the climate talks that just ended in December, and confirmed Friday by the United Nations. Officials in Azerbaijan did not immediately respond to messages seeking to confirm the appointment.
The selection stands to raise questions about the role of fossil fuel executives in global climate negotiations.
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