US EditionCOP30 Climate Talks Flooded With Fossil Fuel Lobbyists: Report
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"Fossil fuel lobbyists are flooding Brazil's COP30 climate conference," according to a study published today by the civil society organization Kick Big…
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La CroixNearly 1 out of 25 participants has links with the oil, gas and coal sectors at the climate conference in Brazil, indignant the Kick Big Polluters Out coalition this Friday, November 14.
An analysis by environmental organisations shows that around 1,600 oil, gas and coal lobbyists are apparently on the move at the World Climate Conference – partly with exclusive accesses.
The abandonment of fossil fuels is a subject of intense debate and various disputes at COP30 in Belém. Indeed, many of the participants assume that these negotiations are stalled and do not expect it to move forward. The COP30 summit has recorded the presence of a record number of lobbyists from the fossil fuel industry, adding more complexity and resistance to all binding agreements that can be adopted about reducing their use. Negotiations are…
Every year, the Kick The Big Polluters Out (KBPO) coalition counts the number of representatives of the hydrocarbon sector accredited to participate in climate negotiations whose primary objective is to gradually dispense with fossil fuels, responsible for three-quarters of global emissions. In Belém, one in twenty-five people potentially defends anti-climatic interests.
The industry places more than 1,600 lobbyists from BP, Exxon or TotalEnergys in COP30 delegations: while Brazil says it seeks to create a road map to break the "dependency" of these products, companies increase crude oil productionThe world continues to embrace coal, oil and gas: big producers plan to get more, no less Oil companies have succeeded in collating more than 1,600 lobbyists as delegates to COP30 in Brazil, according to the account of…
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