What are they saying at the COP29 climate summit?

BAKU (Reuters) -World leaders are speaking at the U.N. climate summit in Baku on Tuesday where United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres has told them to “pay up” to prevent climate-led humanitarian disasters.

Here are the latest comments: UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY-GENERAL ANTONIO GUTERRES “The sound you hear is the ticking clock. We are in the final countdown to limit global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.



7 degrees Fahrenheit) and time is not on our side.” “Doubling down on fossil fuels is absurd. The clean energy revolution is here.

No group, no business, and no government can stop it. But you can and must ensure it is fair, and fast enough to limit global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius.

” “There is no time to lose on climate finance, the world must pay up, or humanity will pay the price.” AZERBAIJAN PRESIDENT ILHAM ALIYEV “When they call us a petrostate now today, this is not fair, and it only demonstrates the lack of political culture and knowledge. Today, Azerbaijan’s share in global oil production is 0.

7(%), in global gas production (it) is 0.9%.” “But fake news media of the country, which is (the) number one oil and gas producer in the world and produces 30 times more oil than Azerbaijan, call us petrostate.

They better look at themselves.” “Azerbaijan’s share in global gas emissions is only 0.1%.

I have to bring these figures to the attention of our audience, because right after Azerbaijan was elected as a host country of COP29, we became a target of a coordinated, well-orchestrated campaign of slander and blackmail.” “Western fake news media and so-called independent NGOs and some politicians, as if (they) were competing in spreading disinformation and false information about our country.” BARBADOS PRIME MINISTER MIA MOTTLEY “The reality is that these extreme weather events that the world is facing daily suggest that humanity and the planet are hurtling towards catastrophe.

“The extreme weather requires from us a serious commitment at this COP with respect to new collective, quantified goals that enable us to reverse the current trajectory and to fund mitigation, adaptation, and, of course, loss and damage. “Every COP must make progress, irrespective of the geopolitical dynamics. There’s an urgent need to reform this COP process, and I hope that we can meet that.

” MALDIVES PRESIDENT MOHAMED MUIZZU “It is the lack of finance that inhibits our ambitions, which is why this COP, the finance COP, we need to deliver. The new climate finance goal must reflect the true scale of the climate crisis. The need is in trillions, not billions.

It must consider the special circumstances of small island developing states.” “As we look around the globe, we see funds flowing freely to wage war, but scrutinised when it’s for climate adaptation. We need to reprioritise, revise the international financial system.

We must choose the path that changes lives, not the climate.” CONGO REPUBLIC PRESIDENT DENIS SASSOU NGUESSO (via translator) “We’re particularly concerned over the issue of climate financing.” “The new collective quantified goal for climate financing must be based on scientific data that takes into account the impact and needs of developing countries in tackling climate change.

” “We know that these needs total over $1,000 billion. Our fervent wish is that the amount in this new goal will be established and defined from a perspective of climate justice and the just transition. This objective should enable our countries to reduce our debt burden rather than worsen it.

” BELARUS PRESIDENT ALEXANDER LUKASHENKO (via translator) “Today, when there’s been so much concern about the deterioration of climate, all we see is people who are responsible for this are absent ...

and we’ve just had the presidential election in the United States.” “So the question is, how effective are our actions at such meetings? When the president of France, which was the country responsible for the Paris Agreement, is not even here?” “There’s nothing to be proud about at present.” EUROPEAN COUNCIL PRESIDENT CHARLES MICHEL (via translator) “This is how the Paris agreement should be – our peace treaty with nature: the principle of cooperation should govern our implementation of this agreement, boldness rather than procrastination, solidarity instead of selfishness, ambition instead of surrender.

We must go for the survival instinct rather than burying our heads in the sand.” “We hope that this COP will be one of confidence, determination, and the COP that will walk the talk. You can count on the European Union.

” CHINA SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE DING XUEXIANG (via translator) “We call on developed countries to increase financial support and technology transfer for developing countries, and expect more ambitious funding targets to be set at COP29 so that confidence and guarantees can be provided for a global climate response in the next stage.” (Reporting by William James; editing by Barbara Lewis) Disclaimer: This report is auto generated from the Reuters news service. ThePrint holds no responsibilty for its content.

var ytflag = 0;var myListener = function() {document.removeEventListener('mousemove', myListener, false);lazyloadmyframes();};document.addEventListener('mousemove', myListener, false);window.

addEventListener('scroll', function() {if (ytflag == 0) {lazyloadmyframes();ytflag = 1;}});function lazyloadmyframes() {var ytv = document.getElementsByClassName("klazyiframe");for (var i = 0; i < ytv.length; i++) {ytv[i].

src = ytv[i].getAttribute('data-src');}} Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Δ document.

getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() );.