Amos Zeeberg

Last November, whenAzerbaijanhosted COP29, the United Nations’ annual climate summit, it was a sort of coming-out party for the country. Organizers wanted to showcase how their small nation of nearly 11 million, on the western shore of the Caspian Sea,had evolved over its three decades of independence and was ready to play a role in the world’s energy transition. Held in Baku’s Olympic Stadium, COP29’s headline talks werelargelya flop. The U.N.failed to convince developed countries