With its big players absent, is Cop29 futile?

90 per cent of Azerbaijan ’s exports are of fossil fuels; it remains one of the top ten most oil and gas dependent economies in the world.

Reports surfaced that the country has been using its presidency of Cop29 to strike up fossil fuel deals with potential investors.

The weight of recent international events is likely to bear down heavily on this year 's discussions, following the re-election of Donald Trump .

Negotiations will be contingent on the agreement of a new collective quantified goal’ for money to flow from rich to poor nations.

Money will help developing countries (often who will bear the biggest burden of climate change) in cutting carbon emissions and adapting to the impact of rising global temperatures.

Meeting this is essential: developing nations are still lagging behind on renewables deployment.