As fossil fuel execs descend on U.N. climate summit, some ask ‘what are COPs about?’
- A record number of delegates representing fossil fuel interests are attending the United Nations climate change conference COP28, raising concerns of unchecked corporate influence.
- The presence of the fossil fuel industry at COP28 could impede action on emissions targets, with political power and influence hindering progress.
- Calls are being made to treat the fossil fuel industry similarly to the tobacco industry by implementing a conflict-of-interest policy to prevent commercial influence on climate policies.
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As fossil fuel execs descend on UN climate summit, some ask 'what are COPs about?'
TORONTO — The world's major climate negotiations risk turning into a trade show spectacle of unchecked corporate influence, some observers warn, as a record number of delegates representing fossil fuel interests descend on the United Nations climate change conference known as COP28.
As fossil fuel execs descend on U.N. climate summit, some ask 'what are COPs about?'
TORONTO - The world’s major climate negotiations risk turning into a trade show spectacle of unchecked corporate influence, some observers warn, as a record number of delegates representing fossil fuel

As fossil fuel execs descend on U.N. climate summit, some ask 'what are COPs about?'
TORONTO — The world’s major climate negotiations risk turning into a trade show spectacle of unchecked corporate influence, some observers warn, as a record number of delegates representing fossil fuel interests descend on the United Nations climate
As fossil fuel execs descend on U.N. climate summit, some ask 'what are COPs about?'
TORONTO — The world’s major climate negotiations risk turning into a trade show spectacle of unchecked corporate influence, some observers warn, as a record number of delegates representing fossil fuel interests descend on the United Nations climate
As fossil fuel execs descend on U.N. climate summit, some ask ‘what are COPs about?’
TORONTO — The world’s major climate negotiations risk turning into a trade show spectacle of unchecked corporate influence, some observers warn, as a record number of delegates representing fossil fuel interests descend on the United Nations climate change conference known as COP28. Hundreds of delegates with links to fossil fuel interests, including from Canada, are turning up at this year’s climate summit currently underway in Dubai, accordin…
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