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Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, whose country is hosting the COP29 climate summit this week, lashed out at Western media and climate activists on Tuesday for criticizing his country’s oil and gas industries.oil and gas were a “gift from God,” fossil fuels cannot be eliminated entirely, and climate extremists have subjected Azerbaijan to a “well-orchestrated campaign of slander and blackmail.”
Aliyev was unapologetic about the importance of fossil fuels to his national economy. About 90 percent of Azerbaijan’s exports are oil and gas products, and the revenue from those industries supplies 60 percent of his government’s funding. Aliyev’s combative keynote address was regarded as sheer heresy by the COP29 crowd, even though his basic point about making careful use of fossil fuels during a green energy “transition” was not outside the mainstream.
Even before Aliyev spoke, many climate activists were unhappy with the choice of Azerbaijan as a host country. Last week, the BBCon a “secret reporting” that appeared to show the chief executive of Azerbaijan’s team for COP29, Elnur Soltanov, discussing “investment opportunities” with a climate activist posing as a natural gas investor.
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