Participants walk and network in front of the main entrance during the United Nations Climate Change Conference COP29 at Baku Olympic Stadium in Baku, Azerbaijan, on November 14.

Nearly all of Azerbaijan’s exports are oil and gas. Their production takes place in plain view of the COP29 venue, a sports stadium on the outskirts of Baku.

This year's United Nations Climate Change Conference — called COP29, since it's the 29th Conference of Parties — kicks off Monday in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, and runs through Nov. 22.

Roughly 100 heads of state have converged in Baku, Azerbaijan, for this year’s U.N. Climate Change Conference — the first global gathering since the election of Donald Trump.

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Then, if, and it’s a big if, the International Olympic Committee chooses Baku over Istanbul, Doha, Madrid and Tokyo to host the 2020 Summer Games, the world will awake to the rise of Azerbaijan.

Azerbaijan is poised to host next year's COP29 climate change summit after winning backing from other Eastern European nations on Saturday.

But Azerbaijan is working to change that, using its petro-wealth to position its capital Baku as an international centre for the arts and architecture: a Dubai on the Caspian.

Baku will also be one of the termini of the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars rail line, which will more directly connect Azerbaijan with Georgia, Turkey, and Europe beyond, that is slated to open early next year.