What do you think happens when a UN climate conference is hosted by a petrostate — a country like Azerbaijan whose economy relies heavily on oil and gas?
Turning over a new leaf? Acknowledging it’s time for capitalism to end? Mea culpa?
Ha-ha, no.
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A senior official at the COP29 climate change conference in Azerbaijan appears to have used his role to arrange a meeting to discuss potential fossil fuel deals.
A secret recording shows the chief executive of Azerbaijan's COP29 team, Elnur Soltanov, discussing "investment opportunities" in the state oil and gas company with a man posing as a potential investor.
"We have a lot of gas fields that are to be developed," says Soltanov.
As well as being chief executive of COP29, Soltanov is also the deputy energy minister of Azerbaijan and is on the board of Socar, Azerbaijan's state energy firm.
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COP29 chief secretly filmed promoting fossil fuel deals
Undercover filming shows COP29 chief exec discussing new oil and gas projects ahead of climate summit.Justin Rowlatt (BBC News)
