COP29 chief secretly filmed promoting fossil fuel deals
COP29 chief secretly filmed promoting fossil fuel deals
Undercover filming shows COP29 chief exec discussing new oil and gas projects ahead of climate summit.
Watch: Secret footage shows COP29's chief Elnur Soltanov discussing gas and oil deals
Oil and gas accounts for about half of Azerbaijan's total economy and more than 90% of its exports, according to US figures.
this is the second year in a row the BBC has revealed alleged wrongdoing by the host government.
These events are supposed to be about reducing the world's use of fossil fuels – the main driver of climate change – not selling more.
Why bother doing it behind closed doors at this point? There aren't penalties for anything if you aren't a lousy fucking poor
Same reason BP promoted the carbon footprint. They want COP to look like proper climate action, so less people use their energy to do something better. COP looking like an oil sells event, is awful PR for them.