I have been at Cop29 in Baku since Monday, and as a first-time Cop attendee, the word that best summarises it is “overwhelming”. I have attended international conferences and big outdoor events like the National Ploughing Championships before, but this is something entirely different in scale. 

This sprawling conference covers every aspect of climate change mitigation and adaptation, with attendees from every country and region in the world. Even the Taliban have a presence as the representatives of Afghanistan’s government.

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