{"id":135357,"date":"2024-11-13T09:10:05","date_gmt":"2024-11-13T07:10:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/aliyev-criticises-western-nations-stance-on-fossil-fuels-at-cop29-opening-speech\/"},"modified":"2024-11-13T09:10:05","modified_gmt":"2024-11-13T07:10:05","slug":"aliyev-criticises-western-nations-stance-on-fossil-fuels-at-cop29-opening-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/aliyev-criticises-western-nations-stance-on-fossil-fuels-at-cop29-opening-speech\/","title":{"rendered":"Aliyev criticises Western nations\u2019 stance on fossil fuels at COP29 opening speech"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mp_wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"mepr-unauthorized-message\">\n    <p>You are unauthorized to view this page.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"mepr-login-form-wrap\">\n            \n<div class=\"mp_wrapper mp_login_form\">\n                  <!-- mp-login-form-start -->     <form name=\"mepr_loginform\" id=\"mepr_loginform\" class=\"mepr-form\" action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/login-2\/\" method=\"post\">\n            <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_username\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n                              <label for=\"user_login\">Username<\/label>\n        <\/div>\n        <input type=\"text\" name=\"log\" id=\"user_login\" value=\"\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_password\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n          <label for=\"user_pass\">Password<\/label>\n          <div class=\"mp-hide-pw\">\n            <input type=\"password\" name=\"pwd\" id=\"user_pass\" value=\"\" \/>\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"button mp-hide-pw hide-if-no-js\" data-toggle=\"0\" aria-label=\"Show password\">\n              <span class=\"dashicons dashicons-visibility\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n            <\/button>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            <div>\n        <label><input name=\"rememberme\" type=\"checkbox\" id=\"rememberme\" value=\"forever\" \/> Remember Me<\/label>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n      <div class=\"submit\">\n        <input type=\"submit\" name=\"wp-submit\" id=\"wp-submit\" class=\"button-primary mepr-share-button \" value=\"Log In\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"redirect_to\" value=\"\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135357\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_process_login_form\" value=\"true\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_is_login_page\" value=\"false\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/form>\n    <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n    <div class=\"mepr-login-actions\">\n        <a\n          href=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/login-2\/?action=forgot_password\"\n          title=\"Click here to reset your password\"\n        >\n          Forgot Password        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n\n      \n    <!-- mp-login-form-end --> \n  <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"smart_content_wrapper\">\n<p>Azerbaijan&#8217;s President Ilham Aliyev used his opening speech at COP29 to deliver a strong criticism of Western governments that purchase his country&#8217;s gas while condemning its fossil fuel-dependent economy. Azerbaijan&#8217;s President Ilham Aliyev opened the COP29 climate summit with a scathing critique of Western nations, accusing them of buying Azeri gas while at the same time criticising the country\u2019s fossil fuel-dependent economy.<\/p>\n<p>Delivering the first of two days of scheduled speeches by world leaders, Aliyev lashed out at Western media, climate activists, and critics of Azerbaijan&#8217;s oil and gas industry, calling them &#8216;hypocritical&#8221; since the United States is the world&#8217;s biggest oil producer. \u201cIt is not fair to call Azerbaijan a \u2018petrostate,\u2019\u201d Aliyev said, pointing out that the country accounts for less than 1% of global oil and gas production. \u201cOil and gas are a gift from God, just like the sun, wind, and minerals&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Every natural resource, whether its oil, gas, wind, sun, gold, silver, copper, all that are natural resources. Countries should not be blamed for having them, and should not be blamed for bringing these resources to the market,&#8221; Aliyev said. &#8220;As president of COP29, of course we will be a strong advocate for a green transition and we are doing it. But at the same time, we must be realistic,&#8221; he continued.<\/p>\n<p>Kingbadantee Sabir, Communications Lead at Global Shapers Dhaka Hub, acknowledged the president\u2019s point but highlighted the need for balance. &#8220;The fact that he has pointed out the hypocrisy is something we should appreciate. It is true. But at the same time, we cannot deny that fossil fuels are harmful. So what do we do in return? We really have to make sure that the green energy transformation also gathers traction,&#8221; Sabir told Euronews.<\/p>\n<p>Asad Rehman, from the NGO War on Want, agreed with some of Aliyev\u2019s points but emphasised the importance of action from major polluters.&#8221;The only way progress can be made is if it\u2019s done fairly,&#8221; Rehman said. &#8220;He\u2019s right that the signals for change must come from the largest polluters&#8221;. &#8220;Countries that have been polluting for over a century \u2014 like the United States, the European Union, and the UK \u2014 have a crucial role to play. What they do matters, as it sends a powerful signal to the rest of the world,&#8221; he added. Aliyev\u2019s speech set the tone for the leaders gathering ahead of the tough negotiations on the details of the final agreement.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2024\/11\/12\/aliyev-criticises-western-nations-stance-on-fossil-fuels-at-cop29-opening-speech\">Euronews<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/vaufien\/aliyev-criticises-western-nations-stance-on-fossil-fuels-at-cop29-opening-speech\/\">Aliyev criticises Western nations\u2019 stance on fossil fuels at COP29 opening speech<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\">Vastuullisuusuutiset.fi<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[12818,11461,606,607,608],"class_list":["post-135357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-cop29","tag-fossil-fuels","tag-vau_viikkokatsaus","tag-vauen","tag-vaufien"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135357","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135357"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135357\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}