'I Will Lecture You': Guyanese President Rebukes BBC Journalist Over Climate Change Question. WATCH
8 months, 3 weeks ago

'I Will Lecture You': Guyanese President Rebukes BBC Journalist Over Climate Change Question. WATCH

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Guyanese President Irfaan Ali engaged in a tense exchange with a BBC journalist during a segment on the BBC HardTalk show, where he addressed questions about Guyana's carbon emissions amidst plans for oil and gas extraction from its coast. In a viral video capturing the heated interaction, Ali halted host Stephen Sackur, questioning his authority to lecture on climate change and implying bias towards industrialised nations. Challenged about releasing carbon, Ali swiftly responded, "Does that give you the right to lecture us on climate change? I am going to lecture you on climate change because we have kept this forest alive that stores 19.5 gigatons of carbon that you enjoy, that the world enjoys."

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