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COP29 President Mukhtar Babayev says people suffering from climate change "need more than compassion, more than prayers and paperwork," adding they are "crying out for leadership and action," as the UN climate talk event kicks off in Baku.
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00:00Colleagues, we are on the road to ruin.
00:04But these are not the future problems. Climate change is already here. From flooded homes in
00:12Spain to forest fires in Australia, from rising oceans in the Pacific to barren plains in
00:20East Africa. Whether you see them or not, people are suffering in the shadows.
00:26They are dying in the dark. And they need more than compassion.
00:32More than prayers and paperwork. And they are crying out for leadership and action.
00:40COP29 is an unmissable moment to chart a new path forward for everyone.

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