{"id":123705,"date":"2024-11-09T03:45:49","date_gmt":"2024-11-08T20:45:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=123705"},"modified":"2024-11-09T03:45:49","modified_gmt":"2024-11-08T20:45:49","slug":"cop29-ceo-filmed-agreeing-to-facilitate-fossil-fuel-deals-at-climate-summit-cop29","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=123705","title":{"rendered":"Cop29 CEO filmed agreeing to facilitate fossil fuel deals at climate summit | Cop29"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">The chief executive of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/cop29\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">Cop29<\/a> has been filmed apparently agreeing to facilitate fossil fuel deals at the climate summit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">The recording has amplified calls by campaigners who want the fossil fuel industry and its lobbyists to be banned from future Cop talks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">The campaign group Global Witness posed undercover as a fake oil and gas group asking for deals to be facilitated in exchange for sponsoring the event.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">In the calls, Elnur Soltanov, Azerbaijan\u2019s deputy energy minister and chief executive of Cop29, agreed to this and spoke of a future that includes fossil fuels \u201cperhaps for ever\u201d. Cop officials also introduced the fake investor to a senior executive at the national oil and gas company Socar to discuss investment opportunities.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"40b47b40-6348-442a-9738-7bffec06c979\" data-spacefinder-role=\"richLink\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.RichLinkBlockElement\" class=\" dcr-1your1i\"><gu-island name=\"RichLinkComponent\" priority=\"feature\" deferuntil=\"idle\" props=\"{&quot;richLinkIndex&quot;:4,&quot;element&quot;:{&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.RichLinkBlockElement&quot;,&quot;prefix&quot;:&quot;Related: &quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;What would a good outcome at Cop29 look like?&quot;,&quot;elementId&quot;:&quot;40b47b40-6348-442a-9738-7bffec06c979&quot;,&quot;role&quot;:&quot;richLink&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2024\/nov\/08\/cop29-climate-talks-what-would-a-good-outcome-look-like&quot;},&quot;ajaxUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/api.nextgen.guardianapps.co.uk&quot;,&quot;format&quot;:{&quot;design&quot;:0,&quot;display&quot;:0,&quot;theme&quot;:0}}\"\/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Soltanov told the fake investment group: \u201cI would be happy to create a contact between your team and their team [Socar] so that they can start discussions.\u201d Shortly after that they received an email from Socar.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">The UN framework convention on climate change (UNFCCC), the UN body that oversees Cop, says officials should not use their roles \u201cto seek private gain\u201d and it expects them to act \u201cwithout self-interest\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">On the recording, Soltanov tells the fake oil and gas group: \u201cThere are a lot of joint ventures that could be established. Socar is trading oil and gas all over the world, including in Asia.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">He then described natural gas as a \u201ctransitional fuel\u201d, adding: \u201cWe will have a certain amount of oil and natural gas being produced, perhaps for ever.\u201d At Cop28 last year, the countries involved agreed to transition away from fossil fuels, and the UN body the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is clear that developing new oil and gas fields is incompatible with climate goals signed up to in the Paris agreement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">The Cop29 team also appeared willing to waive climate requirements for the company if it sponsored the event. Cop event sponsors are supposed to commit to cutting their emissions and are expected to sign a \u201cnational pledge\u201d, promising to come up with a \u201ccredible net zero transition plan\u201d at some point over the next two years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">However, during the negotiations, these requirements were waived and a new clause was added to give the fake investment group <em>\u201c<\/em>meeting opportunities with key local stakeholders from the energy sector at Cop29\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">There was a similar scandal at the Cop28 talks <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2023\/nov\/27\/cop28-host-uae-planned-promote-oil-deals-climate-talks\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">last year in the UAE <\/a>when leaked documents revealed the host planned to use climate meetings with other countries to promote deals for its national oil and gas companies. The talks were chaired by Sultan Al Jaber, the chief executive of the national oil company Adnoc and the UAE\u2019s climate envoy.<\/p>\n<figure data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.NewsletterSignupBlockElement\" class=\" dcr-173mewl\"><a data-ignore=\"global-link-styling\" href=\"#EmailSignup-skip-link-12\" class=\"dcr-jzxpee\">skip past newsletter promotion<\/a><\/p>\n<aside aria-label=\"newsletter promotion\" class=\"dcr-av5vqf\">\n<p class=\"dcr-1xjndtj\">The planet&#8217;s most important stories. Get all the week&#8217;s environment news &#8211; the good, the bad and the essential<\/p>\n<p><gu-island name=\"SecureSignup\" priority=\"feature\" deferuntil=\"visible\" props=\"{&quot;newsletterId&quot;:&quot;green-light&quot;,&quot;successDescription&quot;:&quot;The planet's most important stories. 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We use Google reCaptcha to protect our website and the Google <a data-ignore=\"global-link-styling\" href=\"https:\/\/policies.google.com\/privacy\" rel=\"noreferrer\" class=\"dcr-1rjy2q9\">Privacy Policy<\/a> and <a data-ignore=\"global-link-styling\" href=\"https:\/\/policies.google.com\/terms\" rel=\"noreferrer\" class=\"dcr-1rjy2q9\">Terms of Service<\/a> apply.<\/span><\/aside>\n<p id=\"EmailSignup-skip-link-12\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"after newsletter promotion\" role=\"note\" class=\"dcr-jzxpee\">after newsletter promotion<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">A spokesperson for Global Witness said: \u201cThe UNFCCC urgently needs to act to clean up the Cop climate talks, starting by banning the fossil fuel industry from sponsoring them, and kicking their lobbyists out for good.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\u201cWe\u2019ve had 29 talks with an ever-growing crowd of polluters and snake-oil salesmen present. Let\u2019s try the next one without.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">The UNFCCC told the BBC, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/crmzvdn9e18o\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">which first reported the story<\/a>, that \u201cthe [UNFCCC] secretariat has the same rigorous standards every year, reflecting the importance of impartiality on the part of all presiding officers. Given the spiralling human and economic costs of the global climate crisis in every country, we are very focused on Cop29 delivering ambitious and concrete outcomes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">The Guardian has contacted the UNFCCC, Socar and the Cop29 team in Azerbaijan for further comment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Cop29 opens in Baku on Monday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2024\/nov\/08\/cop29-ceo-filmed-agreeing-to-facilitate-fossil-fuel-deals-at-climate-summit\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The chief executive of Cop29 has been filmed apparently agreeing to facilitate fossil fuel deals at the climate summit. 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