Women added to Cop29 climate summit committee after backlash
by Damian Carrington Environment editor from Environment | The Guardian on (#6HZMF)
Panel was originally composed of 28 men, a move condemned as regressive' and shocking'
The president of Azerbaijan has added 12 women to the previously all-male organising committee for the Cop29 global climate summit, which the country will host in December.
The move follows a backlash after the Guardian reported the initial 28-man composition of the committee, which was called regressive" by the She Changes Climate campaign group. Climate change affects the whole world, not half of it," the group said.
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