'Are you in their pockets?': Guyana's President Irfan Ali accuses reporter of 'western hypocrisy' in climate debate

Guyana's President Irfan Ali's heated exchange with BBC journalist Stephen Sackur over climate change has gone viral. The video shows President Ali challenging Sackur's authority on the topic, suggesting bias due to historical environmental degradation by Western nations. The discussion centered on Guyana's plans for oil and gas extraction and its impact on carbon emissions. President Ali defended Guyana's environmental efforts, highlighting its substantial forest cover that stores 19.5 Gigatons of carbon. He criticized what he perceived as hypocrisy from developed nations and called for them to take responsibility for reducing carbon emissions.
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