Lost your password? Please enter your username or email address. You will receive a link to create a new password via email.Lost your password? Please enter your username or email address. You will receive a link to create a new password via email.Freedom: A woman holds a placard that reads ‘Journalism is a crime in Azerbaijan’ on International Women’s Day.
There have been some arguments about who would host this year’s event. According to UN rules, an Eastern European country was meant to host COP29 and there was some contention over which country that would be. Babayev believes it is a miracle that his country is hosting COP29, given the historical grievance with Armenia, which had also bid to host the event. But he said it spoke volumes about cooperation and he believed it showed that anything is possible, even limiting climate change to 1.5°C, which is the globally agreed limit.
Baku is also not known for its fondness of journalists. Azerbaijan is rated 151 out of 180 countries in the 2023found that there were 215 attacks or threats against media, almost 76% of which were linked to government officials. Journalists covering COP29 will be mindful of this.