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Activists Call for Process ‘Overhaul’ After Oil Vet Named to Lead COP29

"Azerbaijan named a former state oil executive as the summit’s president, marking the second consecutive year a fossil fuel insider will helm the U.N. climate talks. Climate advocates call it an “enormous conflict of interest.”"

Source: Inside Climate News, 01/11/2024

Azerbaijan Names Former Oil Exec To Lead Climate Talks. Activists Concerned

"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."

Source: AP, 01/08/2024

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