A Tiny Petrostate Is Running the World’s Climate Talks

Listen-1.0x+0:008:51Produced by ElevenLabs and News Over Audio (NOA) using AI narration.When delegates of the world gather in Baku, Azerbaijan, next week for the most important yearly meeting on climate change, their meetings will overlook a reeking lake, polluted by the oil fields on the other side. This city’s first oil reservoir was built on the lake’s shores in the 19th century; now nearly half of Azerbaijan’s GDP and more than 90 percent of its export revenue come from oil and gas. It is, in no uncertain terms, a petrostate.Last year,…

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