On Thursday 10 October, the European Commissioner for Climate Action, Wopke Hoekstra, began a two-day visit to Baku, Azerbaijan, to participate in a ministerial-level meeting ahead of COP29 (11–22 November) to discuss climate finance, adaptation, mitigation and carbon markets.
The aim of this “pre-COP” is neither to negotiate nor to reach a first conclusive text. However, it does remain “an excellent opportunity to prepare the ground for achieving ambitious results”, according...