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Rebecca Speare-Cole

Cop29 president faces pressure over LSE climate academic detained in Azerbaijan

Mukhtar Babayev, Cop29 president, speaking at a news conference on Monday (Sergei Grits/AP) - (AP)

The Cop29 president is facing pressure over a former London School of Economics climate professor detained in Azerbaijan as the country hosts the UN climate summit.

In a letter to Mukhtar Babayev, 157 academics from across the world urged him to advocate for the release of Dr Gubad Ibadoghlu as negotiations in the city of Baku entered their final days.

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