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“Natural resources … are a gift from God. Every natural resource, whether
it’s oil, gas, wind, sun, gold, silver, copper, they are all natural
resources. 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. The people need them.”
"These were the words of Ilham Aliyev, president of Azerbaijan, at the opening
of the recent United Nations COP29 convention on climate change in Baku.
It seems completely inappropriate to sing the praises of fossil fuels at an
international gathering that aims to radically reducing greenhouse gas
emissions. Indeed, this goal is absolutely unachievable without drastic cuts to
fossil fuel use, but Aliyev’s speech does have a positive, if indirect, impact
– it points a spotlight at the elephant in the room, one that has remained
virtually invisible throughout the
United Nations Framework Convention on
Climate Change’s (UNFCCC) long history.
COP agreements have never made commitments to limit fossil fuel extraction,
even though this would be the most direct – and the only certain – way to rein
in the leading cause of climate change."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
