Critics of Ilham Aliyev’s government have accused it of using the summit to “greenwash” its poor record on human rights. For years, the government targetted journalists and opposition politicians, and human rights organisations accused it of cracking down ahead of the climate summit.

The host of the UN climate summit in Azerbaijan on Tuesday defended fossil fuels and the right of countries to exploit them as dozens of world leaders arrived for the COP29 conference. Watch this report for more details!