Parviz Shahbazov, minister of energy for Azerbaijan, left, sits next to Yalchin Rafiyev, Azerbaijan's COP29 lead negotiator, during a news conference at the COP29 U.N. Climate Summit, Friday, Nov. 15, 2024, in Baku, Azerbaijan.
A group of former leaders and climate experts say the annual UN COP climate talks are no longer fit for purpose and need to be reformed, publishing a critical open letter mid-way through what has so far been a fractious summit.Parviz Shahbazov, minister of energy for Azerbaijan, left, sits next to Yalchin Rafiyev, Azerbaijan's COP29 lead negotiator, during a news conference at the COP29 climate summit on Friday in Baku, Azerbaijan.
Climate activists project a message onto the embassy of Azerbaijan in London, England, on Nov. 7, ahead of the COP29 climate talks, Separately, Cat Abreu, director of International Climate Politics Hub, said the COP process, while "imperfect," is the best option available. It also suggested improving the selection process for COP presidencies to exclude countries that do not support the phaseout of fossil energy — a recommendation that comes just days after the president of this year's host country told the climate conference that oil and gas are a "gift of God."UN climate talks haven't improved Earth's climate prognosis in 3 years
"The fact that the scientists who predicted all of this decades ago have been proven dead right should cause the rest of us to pay more attention to what they're telling us now," former U.S. vice-president Al Gore said at COP29 on Friday.
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