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msmash @ Slashdot · 11/08/2024 11:08 EDT

Cop29 CEO Filmed Agreeing To Facilitate Fossil Fuel Deals at Climate Summit

The chief executive of Cop29 has been filmed apparently agreeing to facilitate fossil fuel deals at the climate summit. From a report: The recording has amplified calls by campaigners who want the fossil fuel industry and its lobbyists to be banned from future Cop talks. The campaign group Global Witness posed undercover as a fake oil and gas group asking for deals to be facilitated in exchange for sponsoring the event.

In the calls, Elnur Soltanov, Azerbaijan's deputy energy minister and chief executive o

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