Protesters at the COP29 global climate conference have accused the host country Azerbaijan of greenwashing. Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg said that the petrolium-exporting nation is more concerned with securing oil and gas investments than with solving the crisis. But Baku says it was chosen to host the conference because of its initiatives in the green energy transition.
For more on this, we talk to Joyeeta Gupta. She’s a professor of environment and development in the global south at the Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research.
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00:00 Is Azerbaijan greenwashing?
03:20 Interview with Joyeeta Gupta
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