COP29 host Azerbaijan hits out at West in defense of oil and gas - NBC News
1 day ago · By Reuters. The president of Azerbaijan, host of this year’s U.N. climate summit, lashed out at Western critics of his country’s oil and gas industry on Tuesday. In his keynote address at the ...
COP29: Oil and gas 'gift of god', says host Azerbaijan president
The president of COP29’s host country has told the UN climate conference that oil and gas are a "gift of God". Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev criticised "Western fake news" about the ...
Azerbaijan president hails oil and gas as 'gift from God' as he ...
2 days ago · The president of Azerbaijan, who is hosting climate summit COP29, has hailed oil and gas as "a gift from God" as he lambasted Western media and climate activists. President Ilham Aliyev kicked off ...
COP29 host Azerbaijan hits out at West in defence of oil and gas
2 days ago · BAKU, Nov 12 (Reuters) - The president of Azerbaijan, host of this year's U.N. climate summit, lashed out at Western critics of his country's oil and gas industry on Tuesday. In his keynote ...
COP29 host Azerbaijan brands oil and gas ‘gift from God’
2 days ago · 12 Nov 2024. Azerbaijan’s president has branded oil and gas a “gift from God” as he welcomed delegates to the COP29 climate summit. President Ilham Aliyev praised the use of natural ...
COP 29: World leaders converge for United Nations annual …
2 days ago · 2 of 10 | . Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley, United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Simon Stiell, United Nations climate chief, Antonio Guterres, United Nations secretary-general, Ilham Aliyev, Azerbaijan president and Turkey President Recep Tayyip front center, pose with others for a group photo at the COP29 U.N. Climate Summit, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024, in Baku, Azerbaijan.
Oil and gas are 'gift from God', Azerbaijan president tells Cop29 ...
Azerbaijan’s oil and gas revenues accounted for 35% of its economy in 2023, down from 50% two years earlier. The government says these revenues will decline to 22% by 2028. “As a president of ...
Azerbaijan president lauds fossil fuels, knifes Western ... - POLITICO
2 days ago · He finished with a swipe at civil society groups who called for a boycott of COP29 due to Azerbaijan's repressive government and fossil fuel footprint. “I have bad news for them,” the mustachioed president said, to rising applause in the room. “We have 72,000 registered participants from 196 countries.
Climate change: Former oil executive Mukhtar Babayev to lead COP29 …
Jan 5, 2024 · Azerbaijan has named Mukhtar Babayev as the president-designate of the COP29 talks in Baku next November. Mr Babayev spent decades working at the national oil company before becoming...
Inside Azerbaijan, Host of COP29 - The New York Times
Aug 2, 2024 · Azerbaijan is hosting the annual climate summit, called COP29, only by dint of a quirky United Nations selection process that left it as the last option on the table. Mukhtar Babayev, an...