COP29: The green economy reacts to final outcome in Baku

BusinessGreen staff
clock • 11 min read
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Top politicians, green groups, experts and business leaders offer their views as the gavel finally comes down on a tense and at times chaotic UN Climate Summit in Azerbaijan

Mukhtar Babayev, COP29 President, said: "Since the beginning of this journey people doubted that Azerbaijan could deliver. They doubted that everyone could agree. They were wrong on both... "And through...

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