Azerbaijan Archives

Nov 4, 2024

How Azerbaijan locked up climate and social justice advocate ahead of COP29

Azeri economist Farid Mehralizada has argued that his country’s reliance on fossil fuels is unsustainable and dangerous – he is now in prison ahead of the climate summit in Baku

Oct 23, 2024

Politics

In a warring world, Azerbaijan’s COP29 truce appeal draws fire as “PR exercise”

Baku wants all countries to lay down arms for the UN climate summit – but doubts grow as warring states sign up and conflicts intensify

Nov 15, 2024

Finance

COP29 host Azerbaijan shelves fossil-fuelled climate fund

Baku postponed the planned launch of a voluntary fund with contributions from fossil fuel producers after getting “tangled up” with official UN negotiations

Sep 27, 2024

Energy

As COP Troika dithers on 1.5C-aligned climate plans, experts set the bar high

UAE, Azerbaijan and Brazil have promised NDCs compatible with the safest warming limit in the Paris Agreement – but it’s not clear what they mean

Jul 26, 2024

Comment

It’s time for Azerbaijan to shift gears on diplomacy ahead of COP29

Amid record-breaking climate impacts, the COP29 host nation needs to ramp up action for an ambitious outcome in Baku

May 17, 2024

Energy

Azerbaijan pursues clean energy to export more ‘god-given’ gas to Europe

Baku rolls out its first large-scale renewables, but a rise in clean energy does not mean leaving fossil fuels in the ground

May 15, 2024

Politics

In Nagorno-Karabakh, Azerbaijan’s net zero vision clashes with legacy of war

After Armenians fled the conflict-torn region, the COP29 host nation has launched a huge reconstruction effort to polish its green credentials

Jan 25, 2024

Energy

Cop29 host Azerbaijan launches green energy unit to sceptical response

Azerbaijan’s state oil and gas firm promises a green push but a lack of climate policies and plans to expand gas production are causing scepticism

Jan 19, 2024

Comment

The all-male Cop29 committee is a big step backwards for climate

Azerbaijan appointed 28 men and zero women to a key group tasked with organising the upcoming climate summit in the country

Jan 16, 2024

Politics

Azerbaijan appoints fossil fuel execs and scandal-hit officials to all-male Cop29 committee

The all-male group in charge of the climate summit organisation includes oil and gas executives and controversial government officials

Jan 27, 2023

News

Azerbaijan weaponises conservation law in conflict with Armenia

Azerbaijan accuses Armenia of deforesting the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region, but satellite data tells a different story

Oct 17, 2017

Energy

EU bank to decide huge public loan to Europe’s biggest fossil fuel project

Experts refute EU claim that 3,500km gas pipeline from Azerbaijan is necessary for energy security, amid alarm over corruption and human rights issues

Apr 11, 2017

Energy

Azerbaijan president: gas pipeline to EU will not be stopped

Environmental protests against the $46bn Southern Gas Corridor are baseless, says Ilham Aliyev, who expects to begin exporting gas through the pipeline by 2018

Dec 21, 2016

Energy

Turkish gas companies with corrupt past get World Bank loan

Businessmen who have secured contracts to build massive gas pipeline linking EU and Azerbaijan were convicted for tender rigging and bribery

Nov 25, 2016

Energy

Human rights report quashed in push for Azerbaijan-EU gas pipeline

Concerns about political prisoners were suppressed as politicians approved the Southern Gas Corridor, an Italian TV documentary reveals