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Hydrocarbons should be limited in manufacturing plastic products

JULY 19, 2024

Hydrocarbons should be limited in manufacturing plastic products, Elnur Soltanov, Azerbaijani Deputy Minister of Energy and CEO of COP29, told a press conference of COP29 Azerbaijan Presidency.

He said that maintaining 1.5 degrees of global warming is one of the goals:

“I believe that a distinction should be made between 1.5-degree compliance and the idea that hydrocarbons play a role in terms of energy security. BP's latest energy forecast also noted that even in a 2050 net-zero scenario, 1% of global electricity generation could come from coal. In this context, it is possible to adapt to the 1.5 degree target, and hydrocarbons can play a certain role.”

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