COP29 delegates leave summit with a bad aftertaste

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COP29 delegates leave summit with a bad aftertaste

In Azerbaijan, the oil is cheap, the skyscrapers are shaped like fire and donuts, and the ruling elite have got rich quick from its abundant fossil fuels. It could be the Dubai of the Caspian Sea.

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