Just a few days before COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, a report by the NGO Transparency International and the Anti-Corruption Data Collective warned on Thursday 31 October of the risk that the COP negotiations “could be unduly influenced and captured by corporate interests, including fossil fuel companies”.
According to the authors of the report, “through its organisation of COP19, Azerbaijan, with its autocratic government, large fossil fuel sector and severe levels of public sector corruption, clearly illustrates several risks to the integrity of UN climate conferences”.
More specifically, the report highlights the links between the presidency of this COP and the national oil company SOCAR, which is currently pursuing a strategy of regional fossil fuel expansion.
The report also condemns the fact that COP29 is being used to promote companies linked to the ruling family and others close to the regime, as well as the setting up of a multi-million dollar campaign for COP29 in support of Ilham Aliyev’s regime, which sees the expansion of the fossil fuel industry as a necessary part of the green energy transition.
To see the report: https://aeur.eu/f/e44 (Original version in French by Pauline Denys)