{"id":299131,"date":"2024-01-30T17:50:30","date_gmt":"2024-01-30T16:50:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=299131"},"modified":"2024-01-30T17:50:32","modified_gmt":"2024-01-30T16:50:32","slug":"cop29-host-azerbaijan-accused-of-greenwashing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=299131","title":{"rendered":"COP29 Host Azerbaijan Accused of Greenwashing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"393\" data-attachment-id=\"299133\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=299133\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/025490827448_0bb7121d1c_b.jpg?fit=1024%2C556&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1024,556\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"025490827448_0bb7121d1c_b\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/025490827448_0bb7121d1c_b.jpg?fit=723%2C393&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/025490827448_0bb7121d1c_b.jpg?resize=723%2C393&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-299133\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/025490827448_0bb7121d1c_b.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/025490827448_0bb7121d1c_b.jpg?resize=300%2C163&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/025490827448_0bb7121d1c_b.jpg?resize=768%2C417&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/Watts Up With That?\">Watts Up With That?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Essay by Eric Worrall<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Critics have pointed out their new green energy agency needs a zero carbon transition plan to be credible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Cop29 host Azerbaijan launches green energy unit to sceptical response&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Published on&nbsp;25\/01\/2024, 1:08pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Azerbaijan\u2019s state oil and gas firm promises a green push but a lack of climate policies and plans to expand gas production are causing scepticism<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/author\/matteo-civillini\/\">Matteo Civillini<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Roaming around what is believed to be modern-day Baku over 700 years ago, the explorer Marco Polo gazed with wonder at \u201ca spring from which gushes a stream of oil, in such abundance that a hundred ships may load there at once\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Azerbaijan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">birthplace<\/a>&nbsp;of crude refining, Azerbaijan has embedded fossil fuels in the fabric of its society for centuries. Oil, and more recently, gas have never stopped flowing from the vast reservoirs dotted around the Caspian basin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But as it gears up to host the Cop29 UN climate summit in November, Azerbaijan wants to show the world a different image. Burnishing its clean energy credentials through its state-owned oil and gas company, Socar, is part of the plan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cA green division is meaningless for the climate without an accompanying plan to phase out oil and gas\u201d, Myriam Douo, a senior campaigner with Oil Change International, told Climate Home. \u201cThe reality is that to avoid catastrophic climate breakdown more than half of fossil fuels in existing fields must stay in the ground\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2026Read more:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/2024\/01\/25\/cop29-host-azerbaijan-launches-green-energy-unit-to-sceptical-response\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/2024\/01\/25\/cop29-host-azerbaijan-launches-green-energy-unit-to-sceptical-response\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I think greens are being unduly harsh in their criticism of Azerbaijan. A COP conference host country hatching its first ever green plan should be encouraged as baby steps, not sneered at.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lets not forget, the Azerbaijanis are a considerate people, I\u2019m sure they\u2019ll remember to provide space for a few green workshops in the middle of all the oil, gas and international arms sales negotiations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Critics have pointed out their new green energy agency needs a zero carbon transition plan to be credible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":299133,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Critics have pointed out their new green energy agency needs a zero carbon transition plan to be credible.","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[691825217,691825218,691819148],"class_list":{"0":"post-299131","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"hentry","7":"category-uncategorized","8":"tag-azerbaijan","9":"tag-cop29","10":"tag-oil-and-gas","12":"fallback-thumbnail"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/025490827448_0bb7121d1c_b.jpg?fit=1024%2C556&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paxLW1-1fOH","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":290823,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=290823","url_meta":{"origin":299131,"position":0},"title":"Azerbaijan tipped to host COP29 climate talks","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"11\/12\/2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Oil-reliant Azerbaijan chosen to host Cop29 climate talks The Eastern European group of countries has chosen\u00a0Baku, Azerbaijan to host next year\u2019s Cop29 climate talks, according to two sources in the Cop28 meeting room where the decision was made.","rel":"","context":"In \"Azerbaijan\"","block_context":{"text":"Azerbaijan","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?tag=azerbaijan"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/0-Baku.jpeg?fit=1200%2C801&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/0-Baku.jpeg?fit=1200%2C801&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/0-Baku.jpeg?fit=1200%2C801&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/0-Baku.jpeg?fit=1200%2C801&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/0-Baku.jpeg?fit=1200%2C801&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":294077,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=294077","url_meta":{"origin":299131,"position":1},"title":"COP29 Petrostate Climate Conference will be Held in Azerbaijan","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"06\/01\/2024","format":false,"excerpt":"From Watts Up With That? 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