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COP29 smells like oil

What’s happening—and not happening—at the biggest and most influential climate summit in the world.

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Arielle Samuelson
Nov 21, 2024
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Activists outside COP29 urge rich countries to pay their climate debts. So far, the world has made no progress in reducing polluting emissions. Source: Sean Gallup/Getty Images

The world’s largest climate summit literally smells like oil.

Leaders from nearly 200 countries have come together at the United Nations climate summit in Baku, Azerbaijan to strat…

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