The UN Climate Change Conference host, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, on Tuesday launched into a defence of his country’s fossil fuel resources, as the UN warned that time was running out to curb climate change. During his speech to the international annual gathering in Baku, Aliyev accused Western “fake news media” and environmental organizations of a slander campaign against his country. Calling Azerbaijan a “petro-state” shows a lack of knowledge, said the 62-year-old authoritarian leader, who has ruled the Caucasian republic for almost 20 years. Figures from the International Energy A…