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Rachel McGrath

Why are the Taliban at Cop29? Afghanistan sends delegation to UN climate talks

World leaders including Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer have convened in Baku, Azerbaijan, for the United Nations Conference of the Parties (commonly called Cop). 

The annual gathering has been held in various locations since the first Cop summit in Berlin in 1995. Prime ministers, presidents and various government figures from around the world come together to discuss climate change action. 

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