UN climate talks host Azerbaijan plans to increase oil and gas production

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

61% : Azerbaijan's state oil and gas company is planning to increase new production of fossil fuels at the same time as Baku pushes other countries for climate action as host of the UN COP29 summit starting this week, new analysis shows.
54% : Last year, almost 200 countries agreed to transition away from fossil fuels in global energy systems by mid-century at COP28 in Dubai.
49% : Socar has boosted production since the war in Ukraine as the EU seeks to swap Russian gas for fossil fuels from other countries including Azerbaijan, which will host COP29 for two weeks from Monday.

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