{"id":264640,"date":"2024-11-15T20:03:27","date_gmt":"2024-11-15T20:03:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/15\/cop29-host-azerbaijan-faces-climate-disaster-as-caspian-sea-dries-up\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:10:28","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:10:28","slug":"cop29-host-azerbaijan-faces-climate-disaster-as-caspian-sea-dries-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/15\/cop29-host-azerbaijan-faces-climate-disaster-as-caspian-sea-dries-up\/","title":{"rendered":"COP29 host Azerbaijan faces climate disaster as Caspian Sea dries up"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, is located on the western shore of the Caspian Sea, but falling water levels could leave the city and oil infrastructure cut off from the sea<\/p>\n

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Ports, oil drilling rigs and coastal settlements will be marooned kilometres from the shore as climate change<\/a> drives water loss in the Caspian Sea, according to a study that highlights the huge economic threat global warming<\/a> poses to Azerbaijan, the host of the COP29 climate summit<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Water levels are already falling fast in the Caspian, the world\u2019s largest inland body of water, in\u2026<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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