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STORY: :: Albania's PM questions the point of the COP29 climate summit amid leader absences :: November 12, 2024:: Baku, Azerbaijan :: Edi Rama, Albanian Prime Minister"I decided to leave aside my well-prepared speech because in the meantime, since yesterday I was watching the silent TV screens in the leaders' lounge, where the organisers have thoughtfully added green plants above the comfortable couches. People there eat, drink, meet and take photos together, while images of voiceless speeches from leaders play on and on and on in the background. To me, this seems exactly like what happens in the real world everyday.''"What on earth are we doing in this gathering over and over and over if there is no common political will on the horizon to go beyond words and unite for meaningful action? And adding insult to the injury, some major and minor players even boycotted this annual global event."Nearly 200 nations have gathered at the annual U.N. climate summit in Baku, focused this year on raising hundreds of billions of dollars to fund a global transition to cleaner energy sources and limit the climate damage caused by carbon emissions.But many of the leading players were not present at the summit designed to bring together world leaders and generate political momentum for the marathon negotiations.
