 "COP29 President Mukhtar Babayev during the closing plenary meeting at the COP29 United Nations Climate Change Conference, in Baku, Azerbaijan, on November 24")
There were two outcomes at COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan — in addition to a postponement — and both left a bitter taste for many.
The winners at the 29th annual edition of the United Nations Climate Summit were the United States, European Union, Canada, China, the Gulf countries, and the Azeris, who held the presidency of the summit this year.
The losers were emerging economies, least developed nations, island countries, and, of course, the global climate itself.
Unusually for a UN climate summit, COP29 was mainly about climate finance, and yet the finance mandarins were missing. Also missing were the
