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A record number of fossil fuel lobbyists have inundated the COP28 climate summit in the United Arab Emirates , with new research released Tuesday showing that more than 2,400 industry influence-peddlers were granted access to the critical U.N. talks—a 400% increase over last year.
said that more fossil fuel lobbyists received attendance passes than all of the delegates from the 10 most climate-vulnerable nations combined. 'You don't bring arsonists to a firefighting convention—or the climate talks, for that matter—but that's precisely what is happening here at COP28.' 'The sheer number of fossil fuel lobbyists at climate talks that could determine our future is beyond justification,' said Joseph Sikulu, pacific managing director at 350.org.
estimated that fossil fuel lobbyists from some of the world's top oil and gas firms attended past U.N. climate summits more than 7,000 times. Advocates said the sharp increase in lobbyist attendance at COP28 underscores the industry's commitment to preventing substantive climate action as greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise, imperiling hopes of preventing catastrophic warming.
noted in its new analysis that lobbying at COP28 is hardly limited to the fossil fuel industry, pointing to the presence of finance, agribusiness, and transportation representatives. 'To share seats with the Big Polluters in climate change conversations is to dine with the devil,' Ogunlade Olamide Martins, program manager at Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa, said in a statement.
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