Turkey’s celebration of the discovery of two new oilfields last night is already raising eyebrows. While Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s language is more restrained than that of his Azerbaijani counterpart, President Ilham Aliyev, two years ago – when he called oil and gas a “gift from God” at the Cop29 summit – it clashes directly with the strategies to phase out fossil fuels being discussed in Antalya today. Jeni Miller, head of the Global Climate and Health Alliance, a network of more than 300 health groups addressing climate change, said it sends a “deeply troubling message” to communities where lives, homes and futures are already at stake from climate change and fossil fuel pollution. “The message from Turkey could not be more contradictory,” said Miller. “How can a country host the world’s most important climate conference – with Cop31 President, Murat Kurum, calling for stronger health systems to protect people from the climate crisis as part of the Antalya Initiative for Resilient Heal