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Branding for the COP29 climate conference covers the facade of a building under renovation in the Azerbaijani capital of Baku on September 11. 听 | Agence France-Presse/Tofik Babayev

AS THE world hurtles towards unprecedented climate extremes, from raging wildfires to rising sea levels, the 29th Conference of the Parties (COP29) in Baku, Azerbaijan this November may well be our last, best chance to reverse course. Every year, world leaders gather under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, UNFCCC, to confront the growing climate crisis. However, despite nearly three decades of high-level meetings, tangible results remain elusive, and the climate crisis worsens with each passing year.