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Activists issue fresh call for civil resistance after Cop29 chief caught promoting fossil fuel deals
As the world reels from a second U.S. Trump presidency and leaders prepare for the pivotal COP29 UN climate talks in Baku, global climate activists project powerful messages onto London's iconic Tower Bridge, urging the world leaders to step up and deliver decisive climate finance solutions, November 7, 2024, in London, UK
CLIMATE activists issued a fresh call for civil resistance today after the chief of Cop29 was secretly filmed appearing to facilitate fossil fuel deals at the summit.
NGO Global Witness posed as a fake oil and gas group hoping to invest in the Azerbaijani fossil fuel sector and sponsor this year’s conference in Baku.
On a call, Azerbaijan’s Deputy Energy Minister and Cop29 chief executive Elnur Soltanov told them there were “a lot of joint ventures that could be established.”
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