There’s a mind-bending Soviet-era oil rig city ‘floating’ on the planet’s largest lake
Neft Daşları, meaning “Oil Rocks,” was the world’s first oil-drilling platform. In recent decades, its population has dwindled, while sections have fallen into disrepair and been claimed by the sea.
COP29: Azerbaijan wants to improve its image without giving up oil
Nearly 30 dissidents, journalists and trade unionists have been arrested in recent months ahead of COP29, while the country ...
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Raised on oil: Azerbaijan takes the driver's seat in global climate talks but will 'black gold' legacy threaten its green transition?
The country is gearing up to take the spotlight as the host of crucial climate talks. In the second of a series in the run-up to COP29, CNA digs into how this fits with its role in prolonging fossil ...
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Cop29 summit in Baku: Talks start with fight over agenda
The COP29 talks opened yesterday with calls for global cooperation and fresh warnings about climate disasters -- but ...
The Leaders of the World’s Top 13 Polluters Are Skipping COP29
The heads of the 13 biggest emitters, including the U.S., China, and France, will not be present at this year's U.N. climate ...
UN climate summit sees key leaders absent
World leaders converged Tuesday at the United Nations annual climate conference with plenty of big names and powerful ...
E.P.A. to Charge Oil Companies First-Ever Methane Fee, but Will It Last?
The Biden administration is imposing a fee on large energy companies that spew excess methane, a potent greenhouse gas.
Countries promised to ditch fossil fuels. Instead they’re booming.
The U.N. Climate Change Conference, or COP29, starts as the world’s nations have failed to deliver on the central pledge of ...
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Live Briefing: Nations gather for U.N. climate talks in Baku, Azerbaijan
The United Nations Climate Change Conference, or COP29, began Monday in Baku, Azerbaijan, a year after a historic agreement to transition away from coal, oil and gas ... a climate think tank. At COP29 ...
As Trump’s win tests the world order, diplomats are fretting over what it means for the planet
America’s allies and foes alike have spent the past five days speculating about what Donald Trump’s re-election will mean for ...
ESG Watch: COP29 delegates look for rays of hope on climate action amid gloom about Trump victory
The timing of Donald Trump’s election victory, a few days before the opening of the COP29 global climate conference, could ...
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Earth’s biggest polluters are not sending leaders to U.N. climate talks in year of weather extremes
Oil and gas are “a gift of ... “We will not get a strong new goal in Baku if it is not shaped in a way that respects the G77 ...