Azerbaijan’s capital Baku is located on the western coast of the Caspian Sea, but falling water levels could cut off the city and oil infrastructure from the sea.
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Underscoring the huge economic threat posed by global warming to Azerbaijan, host of the COP29 climate change summit, research shows that climate change is accelerating water loss in the Caspian Sea, reducing the number of ports, oil drilling rigs and coastal settlements. will be stranded several kilometers from the coast.
In the Caspian Sea, the world’s largest inland body of water, water levels are already falling rapidly…
