As COP29 planning begins, reforms needed to fulfil Paris ambition
The climate summit will be Azerbaijan’s largest-ever event – but also requires huge changes
PLANNING for this year’s global climate conference, COP29, has begun in earnest – and organisers expect it to be fossil fuel giant Azerbaijan’s largest-ever event in terms of attendance and scale.
However, huge reforms are also needed if the summit is to deliver an effective global climate deal.
One thing that COP29 president-designate Mukhtar Babayev and the new organising committee should consider is the summit’s ballooning attendance.
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