{"id":325037,"date":"2024-04-30T09:02:33","date_gmt":"2024-04-30T07:02:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=325037"},"modified":"2024-04-30T09:02:35","modified_gmt":"2024-04-30T07:02:35","slug":"cop29-host-nation-president-having-oil-and-gas-its-a-gift-from-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=325037","title":{"rendered":"COP29 Host Nation President: \u201cHaving oil and gas \u2026 It\u2019s a gift from God.\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"482\" data-attachment-id=\"325039\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=325039\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/0662b8e641f6e3662b8e641f6e41714130532662b8e641f6e0662b8e641f6e2.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1200,800\" 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=\"0662b8e641f6e3662b8e641f6e41714130532662b8e641f6e0662b8e641f6e2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/0662b8e641f6e3662b8e641f6e41714130532662b8e641f6e0662b8e641f6e2.jpg?fit=723%2C482&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/0662b8e641f6e3662b8e641f6e41714130532662b8e641f6e0662b8e641f6e2.jpg?resize=723%2C482&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-325039\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/0662b8e641f6e3662b8e641f6e41714130532662b8e641f6e0662b8e641f6e2.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/0662b8e641f6e3662b8e641f6e41714130532662b8e641f6e0662b8e641f6e2.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/0662b8e641f6e3662b8e641f6e41714130532662b8e641f6e0662b8e641f6e2.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/0662b8e641f6e3662b8e641f6e41714130532662b8e641f6e0662b8e641f6e2.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" 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=\"https:\/\/wattsupwiththat.com\/2024\/04\/27\/cop29-host-nation-president-having-oil-and-gas-its-a-gift-from-god\/\">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\">h\/t&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/wattsupwiththat.com\/2024\/04\/26\/guardian-politicians-propagated-the-myth-that-renewables-are-cheap\/#comment-3901966\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">strativarius<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/environment\/2024\/04\/26\/united-nations-climate-summit-host-azerbaijan-oil-gas-gift-gods\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Breitbart<\/a>; Greens are once again pinning their hopes on a November climate conference hosted by a nation whose President plans to boost gas production.<\/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 Says Its Fossil Fuel Is \u2018Gift From God\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>President Aliyev commits to boosting investments in gas<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Country also touts its rollout of green energies this decade<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/authors\/AS5AOj_Ky2g\/john-ainger\">John Ainger<\/a><br>26 April 2024 at 8:24 PM AEST<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Azerbaijan, host of this year\u2019s COP29 climate summit, will continue to invest in increasing gas production in order to feed demand from Europe as its president said that its abundant fossil fuels were a \u201cgift from God.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President&nbsp;Ilham Aliyev&nbsp;said at the Petersberg Climate Dialogue in Berlin that oil and gas would be needed for \u201cmany more years\u201d as the country prepares to host the 29th United Nations\u2019 Conference of the Parties, or COP29, in Baku later this year. He highlighted an&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/terminal\/RF04QNT0G1L0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">agreement reached<\/a>&nbsp;with the European Union to scale up supplies of natural gas to help make up for Russian shortfalls after its invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2026Read more:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2024-04-26\/cop29-host-azerbaijan-says-its-fossil-fuel-is-gift-of-the-gods\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2024-04-26\/cop29-host-azerbaijan-says-its-fossil-fuel-is-gift-of-the-gods<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Are COP hosts chosen on the basis of how much the choice will upset greens?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Can you imagine what it must be like to be a green climate true believer? To believe that concerted global action is the only hope to save the world, to build up hope every year, only to see those hopes dashed, as each COP conference attempts to outdo the last in farcical mockery of climate tropes?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How can COP30 possibly top this comedy moment? Ask\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Dictator_(2012_film)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">General Aladeen of Wadiya<\/a>\u00a0to host a COP conference? Obviously there is a minor problem that General Aladeen is a fictional character, but what better person to host a fictional climate conference?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Greens are once again pinning their hopes on a November climate conference hosted by a nation whose President plans to boost gas production.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":325039,"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":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"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":[691825218,691828409,691819148],"class_list":{"0":"post-325037","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"hentry","7":"category-uncategorized","8":"tag-cop29","9":"tag-gift-from-god","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\/04\/0662b8e641f6e3662b8e641f6e41714130532662b8e641f6e0662b8e641f6e2.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paxLW1-1myx","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":290823,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=290823","url_meta":{"origin":325037,"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":351207,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=351207","url_meta":{"origin":325037,"position":1},"title":"Azerbaijan\u2019s COP29 Speech: A Masterclass in Irony So Thick, It\u2019s Flammable","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"14\/11\/2024","format":false,"excerpt":"COP29, the annual climate circus where the world\u2019s leaders gather to wag fingers and wring hands over carbon emissions, is hosted in none other than Azerbaijan\u2014a country whose economy runs on fossil fuels like a muscle car guzzling premium gas. 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