Azerbaijan's president said countries should not be blamed for having fossil fuel reserves.
Azerbaijan's president said countries should not be blamed for having oil, gas and other natural resources or bringing them to the market.
Its minister for ecology and natural resources - a former oil executive that spent 26 years at Azerbaijan’s state-owned oil and gas company Socar – is the conference's chairman.But addressing the conference on its second day, President Aliyev said Azerbaijan had been subject to "slander and blackmail" ahead of COP29.
The US is also under the spotlight at the conference, following the election victory of Donald Trump - a known climate sceptic.He added that Washington was also working on a deal passed last year in Dubai to triple renewable power by 2030. The Azerbaijani president's comments are unlikely to derail talks behind the scenes, which are largely about getting more cash for poorer countries to help implement their climate plans.
Roger Baro said it would help his nation deal with the current impacts of climate change in the country, which is experiencing widespread drought, flash floods and disease outbreaks.
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