Climate activists staged a demonstration at the UN's COP29 talks in Baku on Saturday, calling on the world leaders to "keep their promises" when it come to tackling planetary warming. Activists held up signs urging for promises to be kept and tied ribbons to ropes in tribute to a religious tradition called Cirio de Nossa Senhora de Nazaré in the north region of Brazil.

The next major United Nations meeting on climate change, known as COP29, is about to get underway in Baku, Azerbaijan. These annual meetings are the key international summits as the world attempts to address the unfolding climate crisis.

BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) — World leaders are converging Tuesday at the United Nations annual climate conference in Baku, Azerbaijan although the big names and powerful countries are noticeably absent, unlike past climate talks which had the star power of a soccer World Cup.