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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cpqd1rzw9r4o

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.

Shortly afterwards, UN chief António Guterres told the conference that doubling down on the use of fossil fuels was "absurd".

There are no words for this. COP is now completely exposed as a tool of the fossil fuel industry. It is a conference of foxes to decide how the chicken coop should be guarded. It has been this for at least a decade, but until now there was at least some attempt to hide it. Now it is in the open, at the same time as the UN is saying we are failing completely on climate change.

What I don't understand is why anybody still thinks we can stop climate change. It's like the words GAME OVER are flashing for all to see.

PLEASE INSERT COIN.

It's a sign of the decline of the West and other countries are beginning band together in things like BRICS to take initiatives - not always in the best direction but they will learn the hard way when the oil runs out and the seas and temperatures rise. Let's hope that it means the UK has to pay less money to "Developing" countries like Qatar, Singapore, Malaysia and China for them to become greener and focus on it's own development for once.