COP29: French environment minister abandons trip amid tensions …
16 hours ago · Relations between France and Azerbaijan, which were already severely damaged by Paris's support for Armenia, have further deteriorated during the 29 th Conference of the Parties (COP29) on climate ...
Azerbaijan leader accuses France of colonial ‘crimes’ in COP29 …
1 day ago · 13 Nov 2024. French Ecology Minister Agnes Pannier-Runacher has pulled out of the COP29 climate talks in Azerbaijan after its President Ilham Aliyev accused France of carrying out colonialist ...
France boycotts COP29 after Azerbaijan’s ‘colonies’ attack
1 day ago · November 13, 2024 4:49 pm CET. By Nicolas Camut and Zia Weise. PARIS — France’s top climate official is skipping the COP29 climate negotiations in Azerbaijan after the host country’s president accused France of “brutally” suppressing climate change concerns in its overseas territories. “After discussion and in agreement with the ...
France shuns Cop29 over Azeri comments on New Caledonia, …
1 day ago · On Wednesday, Pannier-Runacher told the French Senate: "President Aliyev's words against France and Europe as the Cop29 opened in Baku are unacceptable." Azerbaijan's leader was using "the fight ...
France shuns COP29 as divisions deepen at UN climate summit
21 hours ago · France has in effect boycotted the COP29 UN climate summit in Azerbaijan after an attack by the host country president, laying bare a divide between the two nations at negotiations where guest ...
Azerbaijan’s president slams ‘colonial’ French, Dutch overseas ...
1 day ago · November 13, 2024 11:25 am CET. By Zia Weise. BAKU, Azerbaijan — Ilham Aliyev, the Azerbaijani autocrat, used a gathering of island leaders at this year’s COP29 climate talks to attack France and the Netherlands for maintaining overseas territories. The Azerbaijani president tied climate change to “neocolonialism” as he vowed to support ...
COP29: An unprecedented crisis between France and Azerbaijan - Le Monde.fr
4 days ago · Furious at Paris' diplomatic and military support for its rival Armenia, Baku retaliated by arresting three French nationals and launching an anti-French media campaign in its overseas territories ...
At UN climate talks, nations big and small get ... - Associated Press News
1 day ago · Updated 3:42 AM PST, November 13, 2024. BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) — More than two dozen world leaders are delivering remarks at the United Nations’ annual climate conference Wednesday, with many hard-hit nations detailing their nations’ firsthand experience with the catastrophic weather that has come with climate change.
COP 29: World leaders converge for United Nations annual …
2 days ago · BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) — World leaders are converging Tuesday at the United Nations annual climate conference in Baku, Azerbaijan although the big names and powerful countries are noticeably absent, unlike past climate talks which had the star power of a soccer World Cup. But 2024’s climate talks are more like the World Chess Federation ...
COP29 host tries to calm waters after diplomatic turmoil
15 hours ago · Nov 14, 2024, 09:00 PM. BAKU - Host Azerbaijan tried to bring down the diplomatic temperature in Baku on Nov 14 after a French minister cancelled her trip to the UN climate talks and Argentina ...