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Global Briefing: Azerbaijan appoints oil industry veteran as COP29 President

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Confirmation of Environment Minister Mukhtar Babayev's appointment as President-designate for COP29 Climate Summit in Azerbaijan leads our round up of green business news from around the world

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As Cop29 president, I will build bridges between the diverging north and south to keep 1.5C in reach | Mukhtar Babayev

The Guardian: Energy

This can start at Cop29 in Azerbaijan. Mukhtar Babayev is Azerbaijan’s minister for ecology and natural resources and the president-designate of Cop29 Continue reading. But it is a stark reminder that meeting 1.5C We must break for good the stop-start of Cop agreements so there is follow-through from one to the next.

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Women added to Cop29 climate summit committee after backlash

The Guardian: Energy

Panel was originally composed of 28 men, a move condemned as ‘regressive’ and ‘shocking’ The president of Azerbaijan has added 12 women to the previously all-male organising committee for the Cop29 global climate summit, which the country will host in December.

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Countries must not pick loopholes in Cop deal to end fossil fuels, says UN

The Guardian: Energy

UN climate chief says ‘torrents, not trickles’ of public and private finance needed to meet global challenge Governments must not try to pick loopholes in the global agreement to “transition away” from fossil fuels reached last December, the UN’s climate chief has said, as he called for “torrents” of cash for poorer countries to tackle the crisis.

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Unpredictions for the green economy in 2024

Business Green

To take just one climate-related issue, the COP29 Climate Summit will kick off in Baku, Azerbaijan on 11th November. There will inevitably be some backsliding, but in key US states, much of Europe, and the biggest Asian and emerging economy growth markets the policy environment will continue to improve for clean tech industries.