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John Robson: As Azerbaijan Hosts COP29, Academic Theories Could Stifle the Nation’s Fledgling Westernization

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The eyes of the world, or at least one elite segment of it, are on Baku, Azerbaijan, and the COP29 climate change conference. Which I was there to look at for the first half. But when I say “it,” I mean Baku and Azerbaijan as well as the conference. And they are two very different things.

John Robson
John Robson
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John Robson is a documentary filmmaker, National Post columnist, senior fellow at the Aristotle Foundation, contributing editor to the Dorchester Review, and executive director of the Climate Discussion Nexus. His most recent documentary is “The Environment: A True Story.”