Azerbaijani leader Ilham Aliyev has been praising fossil fuel and taking shots at geopolitical rivals, casting a cloud over ...

French Environment Minister Agnes Pannier-Runacher will stay away from the Cop29 global climate change conference in Baku ...

By Ben Aris in Berlin Azerbaijan is being slated for failing to lead the COP29 summit, which was expected to disappoint even ...

Hopes at COP29 in Baku for a breakthrough on climate financing are fading fast, fueling frustration that the United Nations’ framework for addressing global warming is dysfunctional. Non-governmental ...

From the moment the US election results rolled in, climate leaders knew Donald Trump would be a blow to the COP29 talks in ...

This year's U.N. climate summit is struggling to focus minds on the health of the planet, with turbulent geopolitics, a ...

The Azerbaijani autocrat opened this year’s global climate conference, known as COP29, with a rant against Western “hypocrisy.” Two days later, he tore into France and the Netherlands for what he ...

The EU said Thursday that "unacceptable" attacks by Azerbaijan's president Ilham Aliyev on the bloc, France and the Netherlands risked undermining the COP29 climate conference being held in Baku.

Azerbaijan's "doors are still open", the COP29 presidency's lead negotiator said Thursday after France's ecology minister pulled out of the UN climate summit over "unacceptable" remarks by President ...

Azerbaijan's president defended fossil fuels at COP29, criticizing media narratives and asserting that natural resources are ...

As global leaders convene in Baku this month for the COP29 climate conference, they may be tempted to focus on saving the planet and ignore the odious nature of the conference's host.