![epa06945531 (FILE) - Two sailors walk in front of the oil derricks on the Caspian Sea near Baku, Azerbaijan, 07 October 2005 (reissued 12 August 2018). The leaders of five countries bordering the Caspian Sea - Caspian Five Russia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan - plan tosign the Convention of the legal status of the Caspian Sea at the Aktau summit on 12 August. It is expected to clarify the resources-rich Caspian Sea's status of whether being a lake or a sea, and ban non-littoral states from mliitary presence in the world's largest enclosed inland body of water. EPA/SERGEI ILNITSKY *** Local Caption *** 00546820](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/RVIOMBRRSEZEPD7LRAX4DYPLEE.jpg?smart=true&auth=d871650bad9daf72d8590d2b6844c9a6cb14ab8f4545b12c3f44471295fad209&width=400&height=225)
Azerbaijan wants to use its presidency of Cop29 to raise alarms about environmental issues such as dwindling water supplies from the Caspian Sea. EPA
Azerbaijan wants to use its presidency of Cop29 to raise alarms about environmental issues such as dwindling water supplies from the Caspian Sea. EPA
Technology, water and peace: Azerbaijan's vision for Cop29 revealed
Oil and gas producer will succeed the UAE at the helm of global talks on climate change later this year