Azerbaijan is using COP29 to clean up its image

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The UN must reassess its selection criteria for COP hosts across all of its conventions, argues former Unilever CEO Paul Polman

Azerbaijan's bid to market the upcoming COP29 Climate Summit as the 'COP of peace' is just the latest in a series of image-laundering efforts by authoritarian regimes. When it comes to high-profile...

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