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.

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Why bother doing it behind closed doors at this point? There aren’t penalties for anything if you aren’t a lousy fucking poor

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This. Until people unionize and organize, the billionaires will continue to do whatever they want.

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Revolutionize

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Organized protest actions are revolutionary. A general strike would do more than your last 10 votes. Violence should not be the first escalation

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That’s for the young. I would be less than useless to that cause. But organize a group of people to take care of each other? That I can do

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Make the rich afraid again.

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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.

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I am shocked I tell you, shocked.

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Who wouldve thought hosting COP in a petrostate would’ve led to a conflict of interest!?

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But Azerbaijan has always been such a nice place!

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Probably Putin, who vetoed any suggestion of other locations.

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