Belyaev: Western countries use climate agenda for covert robbery

President Lukashenko’s speech at the Baku Climate Summit was short, but powerful and to the point. The Head of State clearly and precisely explained the underlying reasons for global climate issues and identified those who are at fault: forces that provoke and start wars in various parts of the world. Dean of the Journalism Department of the Belarusian State University, political scientist Aleksei Belyaev talked about that with Alfa Radio.
According to Mr. Belyaev, the key issue is the uneven use and consumption of ‘green’ technologies. Indeed, the United States and China produce about 40 percent of all global pollution between them, while, if we look at the entire history of industrial production, starting from the late 18th century, the US is responsible for nearly one fifth of all harmful emissions worldwide.

“That is just one specific country! And we see that the US is pointedly ignoring all those climate summits and treaties. During his first term, Trump withdrew from the Paris climate agreement. Although Biden revoked that decision, considering their new political realities, we can expect them to pull out again. What’s more, those large countries don’t use their own resources: they syphon them from other nations for a pittance, or just take them, process them, and resell to those same countries as finished products. Those industrialised nations have once made commitments to help developing countries as the sustainable development strategy requires, providing them with green energy technologies and funding needed, say, for water treatment facilities. But we see now that, in practice, that is being done by a mere handful of countries.

That’s what the Belarusian leader was talking about in his address, the expert believes.

“There is a need, outlined by President Lukashenko, to hold those countries that are responsible for a lion’s share of pollution, to account. They have to act responsibly, make true on the commitments they have already made when it comes to helping developing nations. And besides, the issue of proliferating modern 'green' technologies is very much linked to illegal sanctions enforced against our country, among others. They demand we meet those environmental standards, but make it impossible for us to purchase equipment and technologies required for that. That is, of course, unfair and should be remedied as soon as possible.  The climate is changing. We all feel that it’s getting warmer. Our President was absolutely right when he said that climate itself is secondary, the most important thing is agriculture. People should be able to grow their own food, crops, and animals. We need a detailed global strategy to preserve our farming industry. As Aleksandr Lukashenko pointed out, there are children, people who are starving now: 10 percent of the global population. Another 3 billion people don’t have access to food in sufficient quantities or of sufficient quality. But there’s enough food on our planet to feed all. Illegal sanctions were imposed on fertilisers, like Belarusian potassium. The West uses the climate agenda to eliminate competition and preserve their advantage in technology which made it possible for them to commit worldwide robbery. It used to be direct robbery before: with military and physical control of territories they were taking resources from. What we have now is covert robbery," he explained.