'We cannot succeed without them, and the world is waiting to hear from them,' says COP29 President Mukhtar Babayev
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“We urge them to use the G20 meeting to send a positive signal of their commitment to addressing the climate crisis. We want them to provide clear mandates to deliver at COP29,” he told a press conference in Baku. “We’ll only get the job done if parties are prepared to step forward in parallel, bringing us closer to common ground,” he said, adding: “So let’s cut the theatrics and get down to real business.”Another contentious area of discussion has been how to move forward a deal struck in Dubai last year on transitioning from climate-damaging fossil fuels.
Australia’s Sally Cox, speaking for the Umbrella Group, which includes Japan and the United States, said it was “deeply disappointed” some parties had “repeatedly blocked progress.”
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