Javid Gara is a 32-year-old, self-employed electrician who moved from Baku to England’s Manchester three years ago. He also runs Azerbaijan’s only independent climate group, campaigning to clean up the environment and cut emissions.

A focus of this year's annual climate event will be striking a new deal onpossibly worth trillions—helping poor countries in the green transition.

World leaders are converging Tuesday at the United Nations annual climate conference in Baku, Azerbaijan although the big names and powerful countries are noticeably absent, unlike past climate talks

World leaders speak at U.N. climate summit in Azerbaijan Watch live as world leaders address the COP29 climate summit in Azerbaijan and speak about their country's climate goals. The talks are being held in the capital Baku where the world’s first oil well was drilled.

Dozens of world leaders arrived in Azerbaijan on Tuesday (November 12) for COP29 but many big names are skipping the UN climate talks where the impact of Donald Trump's election victory is keenly felt.