Representatives from the Taliban, the terrorist group that rules Afghanistan, arrived in Baku, Azerbaijan, on Monday to attend the annual United Nations Climate Change Summit COP29, the United Nations Climate Change Alert Summit. At COP29, environmentalists are working to secure up to $1 trillion in “climate finance”.
This event will be the first time that the Taliban will be invited as an official representative body of the Afghan government. Taliban terrorists took control of the country in August 2021 after the collapse of the US-backed local government. This comes in the wake of now-outgoing US President Joe Biden's decision to violate an agreement with both the government and the Taliban to withdraw US troops by May 1, 2021. That year.
The Taliban has ruled as Afghanistan's undisputed government authority since August 15, 2021, but no country officially recognizes the Taliban as Afghanistan's governing body. The United Nations continues to recognize diplomats representing the now-defunct U.S.-backed government. Many countries, particularly China and Iran, have accepted the Taliban as the country's “interim” government, and there is no evidence that the Taliban intends to hold elections or relinquish power at any time, and there is no evidence that the Taliban intends to hold elections or relinquish power at any time. It suggests that it exists.
Taliban's National Environmental Protection Agency (NEPA) Confirmed On Sunday, it announced that its director-general and delegation had begun a trip to Baku for the annual climate conference. Afghan news outlet Ariana News reported that the jihadists were not full participants in the event, but rather that the United Nations had not yet recognized the Taliban as the Afghan government.observerThe paper also notes that the Taliban have repeatedly attempted to attend the Conference of the Parties (COP) climate change summit in Egypt and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), but these countries have not extended an invitation. He also pointed out.
“Climate change is a humanitarian topic,” said Zainulabedin Abid, a Taliban NEPA official. quotation As you say. “We have called on the international community not to link climate change to politics.”
“This is the first time we have been invited to such a conference since the establishment of the Islamic Emirate,” said Matiul Haq Khalis, chairman of the Afghan Red Crescent Society (ARCS). said This was reported by Toro News, an Afghan news agency. “We aim to share the scope of Afghanistan's climate impacts and related challenges in various ways during this conference. This is an opportunity to strengthen our relationship.”
Since the early days of the Taliban's return to power in 2021, jihadist leaders have dubiously claimed to consider combating the alleged climate crisis a policy priority.
“We believe the world has a unique opportunity to come together and come together to address the challenges facing not just us, but all of humanity,” Abdul Kahal Balki, now the Taliban's Foreign Ministry spokesperson, said at the time. “There is,” he said. From global security to climate change, we need everyone's cooperation. ”
On Monday, another Taliban terrorist, Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai, held another event in Kabul on the occasion of the first day of COP29 entitled “From Isolation to Inclusion – An Urgent Call for Climate Action in Afghanistan”. In it, he declared that the Taliban were seeking funds. It is said to have been used by people all over the world to fight climate change.
“Our request from the United Nations, the great powers, the rich countries and the gas producing countries is to help us improve our environment and serve our people.” Stanikzai said. said meeting.
COP events are typically controversial events within the climate alarm community. Many of its members see the event as a form of “greenwashing,” a way for governments to pretend they care about issues without taking meaningful action. COP29 is expected We will attract representatives from 198 countries. As of Monday, more than 50,000 people had flown into Baku to take part in the event, dramatically increasing greenhouse gas emissions from flights.
Environmentalists have criticized the selection of Azerbaijan as the host country, given its economic dependence on fossil fuels. A report released in October accuses the Baku government of “weakening climate targets” [and] The country is doubling its fossil fuel extraction. ” The country is particularly dependent on natural gas and plans to significantly increase natural gas production over the next decade to meet demand from the European Union.
The controversy over Azerbaijan's hosting duties reflects similar anger over COP28, the 2023 edition of the summit, which the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will host in Dubai. The UAE, one of the world's wealthiest oil powers, handed the responsibility of hosting the summit to Sultan Al Jaber, head of state oil company Adnoc. King Al Jaber repeatedly condemned environmental extremists throughout his COP28 Presidency.
“I am in no way going to engage in alarmist debates. There is no science or scenario in which phasing out fossil fuels will achieve 1.5 degrees Celsius,” he said in December.
The COP28 conference failed to produce meaningful policy commitments from radical climate change activists, leaving left-wing environmental groups disappointed.
