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COP28 Summit Approves Proposal To Hold COP29 In Azerbaijan


COP28 President Sultan al-Jaber speaks during a plenary stocktaking session at the COP28 UN climate summit in Dubai on December 11.
COP28 President Sultan al-Jaber speaks during a plenary stocktaking session at the COP28 UN climate summit in Dubai on December 11.

The COP28 climate summit in Dubai on December 11 approved a proposal to hold the next iteration of the annual event in the South Caucasus nation of Azerbaijan. The country won support of Eastern European nations on December 9 following months of deadlock and after it reached agreement with neighbor and adversary Armenia that it would not veto the move.

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