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BAM!!
After breakfasting on acai jelly and successfully avoiding the falling mangos on the pavement (which the locals told us they take out car insurance against) to get to the bus, we arrived for a day of Just Transition themes, and… Continue reading
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COP 4 KIDZ
Hello Kids! Would you like to know a little bit more about “COP”? If so, read on! “COP” stands for “Conference of Parties”. But it’s not a party at all! It is a huge meeting of the people who run… Continue reading
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Legacy…
Today was the “rest day” at COP; the venue is always closed during the middle day. So this morning we took a trip to the “old city” of Baku by metro, free for anyone with a COP pass! Interesting point… Continue reading
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Collapsing COP
After last night’s BBC headline about human rights organisations sending an open letter questioning the continued existence of, and corruption of, COP, it looked this morning as though it had actually collapsed! Well, Baku is known as “the windy city”,… Continue reading
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Action not words
Actions were the order of the day in Baku; anti-war, pro-finance, pro-just transition, anti-nuclear (although I also spotted a pro-nuclear protest…but there were very few in attendance at this one). Having started the day with a cold shower thanks to… Continue reading
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If you want to go far, go together!
Today had a theme of union solidarity and just transition through workers’ rights…well, that’s what we’re here for so why not? I passed the usual women workers on my way to the shuttle bus stop, sweeping the roads with their… Continue reading
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