{"id":354409,"date":"2024-12-14T17:20:59","date_gmt":"2024-12-14T16:20:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=354409"},"modified":"2024-12-14T17:21:01","modified_gmt":"2024-12-14T16:21:01","slug":"global-souths-energy-rebellion-at-cop29-signals-a-new-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=354409","title":{"rendered":"Global South\u2019s Energy Rebellion at COP29 Signals a New Future"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From Watts Up With That?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Vijay Jayaraj<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The climate movement\u2019s annual showpiece, the United Nation\u2019s Conference of Parties (COP), held this year in Baku, Azerbaijan, has been exposed to an unprecedented level of disinterest \u2013 even dissent \u2013 from developing nations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Leaders of some of the world\u2019s most resource-rich, economically aspiring countries have opted to sit this one out, sending only low-level delegates, if any. This is the latest signal of a growing resistance to an anti-fossil fuel \u201cgospel\u201d advanced by the United Nations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last year\u2019s COP28 in the Middle East, where oil wealth underpins entire economies, forced the climate community to confront its contradictions. Today, COP29 in central Asia continues this reckoning and presages the demise of an unscientific and anti-developmental policy framework wrecking global economies. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Host of COP29 Educates Climate Woke Delegates<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The tone of COP29 itself is a marked departure from prior gatherings. In Azerbaijan, where oil and gas production are integral<\/a> to the national economy, the summit\u2019s host, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, called fossil fuels \u201ca gift from God<\/a>,\u201d lauding their contribution to global prosperity and stability. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fossil fuels have moved from being a taboo \u201celephant in the room\u201d to a subject of open discussion at COPs. The leaders of countries in Africa and Latin America are freely questioning the premise of banning their use of fossil fuels while much of the developed world continues to consume record amounts of coal, oil and natural gas. The notion that high-income nations can dictate the energy agenda is seen as a remnant<\/a> of a power structure that primarily serves the interests of the world\u2019s most privileged. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The International Energy Agency projects that developing countries will see substantial growth in energy demand over the next decade, an expansion that cannot be met by renewables. Leaders in these regions understand that hydrocarbons are critical to achieving their development goals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unprecedented Pullout from COP Conference and Resistance from Global South<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a surprising move, Argentina\u2019s newly elected president, Javier Gerardo Milei, withdrew his country\u2019s 80-person delegation from Baku less than a third of the way into this year\u2019s 11-day COP. He cited the need for pragmatic energy policies that encourage development rather than stymie it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For Milei, whose presidential campaign was based on a pro-business, anti-bureaucracy platform, the message is clear: Policy must serve the economic needs of his country first. Argentina\u2019s ongoing energy crisis, its untapped shale gas reserves and a crippling economic situation demand a level-headed approach that prioritizes national interests over global climate ideals that are both batty and corrupt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Milei\u2019s political philosophy resonates with a growing number of leaders in the Global South who view economic growth as paramount and recognize that access to energy is fundamental to achieving it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Argentina\u2019s departure from COP29 is a turning point that should serve as a wake-up call to the U.N. and its allies. The time for one-size-fits-all mandates is over. The rigid orthodoxy of fossil fuel divestment pushed by the U.N. and wealthy nations is losing ground, challenged by leaders who refuse to sacrifice their national interests to a destructive agenda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For much of the Global South, the idea of an immediate energy transition remains, at best, aspirational and, at worst, profoundly out of touch. The reality is that fossil fuels still power 80% of global energy consumption. This isn\u2019t just an inconvenient truth; it\u2019s an inescapable basis of modern civilization that developing nations understand viscerally. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the COP29 circus concludes in Baku, the world is seeing the crumbling of the long-held illusion that a global transition to green energyis feasible, much less fair and desirable. Developing nations are proclaiming that they will not be deprived of necessary energy sources by nations that continue to feast on the very fossil fuels they frown upon. The disconnect between rhetoric and reality is stark, and developing countries are calling attention to it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fossil fuels are not a relic of the past; for many countries, they are the key to a prosperous future \u2013 truly \u201ca gift from God.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vijay Jayaraj is a Science and Research Associate at the <\/em>CO2<\/sub> Coalition<\/em><\/a>, Arlington, Virginia. He holds an M.S. in environmental sciences from the University of East Anglia and a postgraduate degree in energy management from Robert Gordon University, both in the U.K., and abachelor\u2019s in engineering from Anna University, India. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This article was originally published by RealClearEnergy and made available via RealClearWire.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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