Who is Mukhtar Babayev? Azerbaijan appoints former oil exec as president of COP29 climate talks
Concerns are multiplying over COP29 host and petrostate Azerbaijan.
Source: yahoo.com
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Azerbaijan names a former oil exec to lead climate talks. Activists have concerns
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.
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DeBriefed 3 November 2023: King at COP28; 1.5C in 'rearview mirror'; Life of 'climate revolutionary' Prof Saleemul Huq
The “high ambition coalition” has called for the phasing out of all fossil fuels at preliminary talks ahead of this month’s COP28 in Dubai.
Source: carbonbrief.org