Authoritarian fossil fuel states keep hosting climate conferences – how do these regimes operate and what do they want?
- Written by Ellie Martus, Senior Lecturer in Public Policy, School of Government and International Relations, Griffith University
Halit Sadik, ShutterstockFor the third year in a row, the United Nations Climate Change Conference will be hosted by an authoritarian state that sells fossil fuels. This week the 29th “conference of the parties”, COP29, is being held in Baku, Azerbaijan. It follows COP28 in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates last year and COP27 in Sharm...





