COP29: Oil and gas 'gift of god', says host Azerbaijan president

Azerbaijan's president said countries should not be blamed for having fossil fuel reserves.

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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".

He said the "clean energy revolution" had arrived and that no government could stop it.

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