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COP29 chief secretly filmed promoting fossil fuel deals

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COP29 chief executive of Azerbaijan 's COP29 team caught promoting fossil fuel deals.

Elnur Soltanov discussed "investment opportunities" in Azerbaijan 's state oil and gas company.

COP29 will open in Baku on Monday and is the 29th annual UN climate summit.

A former head of the UN body responsible for the climate talks called it "completely unacceptable" and a "betrayal" of the COP process.

COP29 team discusses sponsorship deal with fake company in return for Socar 's involvement in an event about "sustainable oil and gas investing" Officials offered five passes with full access to the summit and drafted a contract which initially required the firm to make some commitments to sustainability.

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71

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