#Azerbaijan
After months of deadlock over where the next United Nations’ Climate Change Conference is to be held, Azerbaijan is set to host COP29. Under UN rules, the COP presidency rotates every year between different blocs, with the 2024 conference due to be hosted in Eastern Europe. Consensus between member states is required to designate a host country. Russia had pledged to veto any proposal from a European Union (EU) member country, after the EU had imposed sanctions on Moscow due…
