Where? COP29 Press Conference – Natavan, Area D – UNFCCC Livestream Link
When? 17:00 local time / 14:00 CET
What? A press conference by NGO partners LINGO, Oil Change International, Observatório do Clima, and Urgewald will focus on the COP Troika's fossil fuel expansion plans.
LINGO: COP Presidencies have a special responsibility to lead the world beyond fossil fuels. LINGO’s new brief shows that the Troika of the United Arab Emirates, Azerbaijan and Brazil via their National Oil Companies ADNOC, SOCAR and Petrobras are involved in 17 gigaton-size carbon bombs – and could lead on defusing them, to bring oil and gas extraction in line with the Paris Agreement.
Oil Change International and Observatório do Clima: COP Troika nations – Brazil, UAE, and Azerbaijan – plan to expand oil and gas production 32% by 2035, endangering the 1.5°C climate limit their role as COP presidencies is meant to champion. Limiting warming to 1.5°C, a key objective the COP Troika has committed to defend, requires countries to immediately end fossil fuel expansion.
Urgewald: Azerbaijan's state oil and gas company SOCAR is the government's fossil fuel proxy. Urgewald’s new report shows how government and company are closely intertwined and highlights SOCAR’s massive fossil fuel expansion course.
