COP29 host suggests it can't ditch gas because of EU demand - and plays down the Trump effect

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Azerbaijan has to increase its gas production because of "commitments" to meet EU demand, its key official has implied, as it prepares to open the COP29 climate talks in Baku.

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Azerbaijan

Country straddling West Asia and Eastern Europe

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2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference

Yearly conference held for climate change treaty negotiations

As pollution worsens in Delhi with AQI at 'severe' level, experts at COP29 urge India to...

New Delhi's air quality hit a 'severe' level for the first time this season, with the Air Quality Index (AQI) reaching 418 on Wednesday.

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European Union

Supranational political and economic union

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Donald Trump

President-elect of the United States; 45th president of the United States

Civility at White House ahead of new world - as Trump sends Washington into another tailspin

At the White House on Wednesday, a hugely anticipated moment - the beginning of the transfer of power between two such fierce foes.

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