President of Azerbaijan Boldly Asserts that Oil, Gas Are ‘Gift of God’ at Climate-Cult Conference
There are also other signs that the tide is turning against climate crisis promoters, including the lack of political heavy-hitters at CoP29.
The last time I reported on The United Nations Climate Conference (Conference of Parties, COP), the 28th session had officially wrapped-up in Dubai.
The 29th conference will be held in Azerbaijan, at the crossroads of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. This is an intriguing choice of location for an event that targets the fossil fuel industry.
The oil and gas sector is crucial to the country’s economy. In 2022, oil, gas, and related petroleum products accounted for 91% of its total exports. Not only that, but its fuels help sustain many economically critical countries (Italy, India, Spain, Israel, and Turkey).
So, as the conference opened, the president of the nation offered a few words in robust support of fossil fuels.
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 country’s emissions and said nations “should not be blamed” for having fossil fuel reserves.
The country plans to expand gas production by up to a third over the next decade.
…Aliyev said the country’s share in global gas emissions was “only 0.1%”.
“Oil, gas, wind, sun, gold, silver, copper, all… are natural resources and countries should not be blamed for having them, and should not be blamed for bringing these resources to the market, because the market needs them.”
Azerbaijan’s 🇦🇿 president Ilham Aliyev is a very smart man: He hosted the #COP29 climate summit in his capital to tell world leaders that fossil energy is great, and their carbon zero cult is stupid 🤣👏👏
_ pic.twitter.com/wR3CiMYVwV— Dr. Eli David (@DrEliDavid) November 15, 2024
Of course, climate cultists in attendance were apoplectic.
Ilham Aliyev’s fossil fuel glorification is “inappropriate” for the leader of a country hosting an international climate conference, Belgium’s energy minister told POLITICO.
…“I really think that’s inappropriate, as a host of a conference, to say such things,” said Tinne Van der Straeten, Belgium’s energy minister, in an interview on the conference sidelines.
“If you host the conference, if you are the presidency, then what do you need to be? An honest broker,” she added, noting that most of the countries represented at COP29 are “confronted daily by the consequences of climate change,” which is primarily driven by fossil fuel use.
In an opinion piece to The Globe and Mail, Canadian journalist, Neil Hauer exposes Azerbaijan’s COP29 as a catastrophic display of authoritarianism, environmental destruction, and war mongering under President Ilham Aliyev. Instead of fostering global climate action, Aliyev used… pic.twitter.com/JANtzjSC1v
— ANCC_CNAC (@ancc_cnac) November 19, 2024
But, then again, it was the climate cultists who opted to hold their event at a luxury conference center in a petro-state that has a questionable human rights record.
But that wasn’t the only CoP29 insanity. Elite representatives from various countries also want to craft a joint pledge to ensure climate action accounts for gender equality. Those talks, however, are on the verge of collapse after diplomats and European delegates walked out in a huff.
Saudi Arabia, the Vatican and Russia are leading a backlash against women’s rights at COP29, said five negotiators, granted anonymity to discuss closed-door talks. Two of the negotiators said Egypt was also among the nations blocking an agreement.
The European Union, which has championed gender equality at these talks, briefly walked out of talks in protest this past weekend, one negotiator said. The bloc also vented its frustration at Saturday evening’s public gathering of all COP29 countries.
“Women and girls are already suffering the disproportionate impacts of climate change,” said Hungarian negotiator Veronika Bagi, who co-leads the EU’s delegation at COP29. “However, we are concerned about attempts to backslide from agreed language from 10 years ago.”
One observation I have about CoP29 is how little I have heard from our media in the wake of the election. Joel Kotkin (expert on urban studies, demographics, and economic/social trends) recently also noted that most of the political heavy-hitters stayed away from this conference.
The tide seems to be slowly turning on the green elites.
The election of Donald Trump as US president only adds to the current woes of the climate industry. The wind-energy sector is increasingly beleaguered and huge numbers of climate start-ups are failing. Despite receiving billions in subsidies, green companies are recording big losses, declaring bankruptcy or avoiding new projects – even in China.
While I am glad Trump plans to make sensible energy policy a priority, I still would like him to attend some of the climate gigs…so I can enjoy moments like this.
Flashback to when President Trump “took on Climate Sensational Greta Thunberg”
Looks like The Big Guy won….
Where is Greta these days anyway? Private yacht somewhere probably…… pic.twitter.com/DThD1maotf
— Concerned Citizen (@BGatesIsaPyscho) November 19, 2024
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That fellow is an “honest broker”. Plant growth goes up with more CO2, otherwise known as “plant food”; and many more people die from the cold than from the heat. Finally the average human exhales 2.3 pounds of CO2 per day. Given all the Democrats who have promised not to have sex, perhaps climate models should be revised to reflect the saving in future CO2 emissions due to fewer children.
…“I really think that’s inappropriate, as a host of a conference, to say such things,” said Tinne Van der Straeten, Belgium’s energy minister, in an interview on the conference sidelines.”
Man, the world is full of snarky little students who are incensed that their teaching institutions don’t kowtow to their every ignorant whim.
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