Ilham Shaban

Azerbaijan says 'God-given' oil and gas will help it go green

Flames soar into the air from a sandstone outcrop on a hillside on the Absheron peninsula near Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, as it prepares to host the COP29 climate conference next week.

The "burning mountain" — Yanardag in Azerbaijani — is fed by underground gas rising to the surface and igniting upon contact with oxygen.