As Azerbaijan prepares to host UN climate conference, environmentalists are wary

COP29 opens on Nov. 11 in Azerbaijan, a major exporter of oil and natural gas. While some environmentalists are horrified that an oil producing nation will again host the conference, others are hopeful it will help bring results. The World’s Durrie Bouscaren reports.

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