Fossil fuel lobbyists outnumber delegations from nearly every country, at the United Nations climate summit
by marketrent
Fossil fuel lobbyists outnumber delegations from nearly every country, at the United Nations climate summit
by marketrent
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Lobbyists for coal, oil, and gas got more passes to the conference than the total number of delegates from 10 of the countries most vulnerable to climate change (which includes Somalia, Chad, Tonga, Solomon Islands and Sudan), the Guardian reports.
This year’s UN summit, which is being run by the president of the United Arab Emirates’ national oil company, admitted at least 2,456 people affiliated with oil and gas industries.
Lobbyists vying to push the interests of oil and gas companies such as Shell, Total and ExxonMobil outnumber every country delegation apart from Brazil (3,081), which is expected to run Cop30 in 2025, and the host country, which registered 4,409 attenders.
Fossil fuel lobbyists also outnumber official Indigenous representatives (316) by seven to one – another sign, say campaigners, that oil and gas industry profits are being prioritised over a sustainable planet and frontline communities. [[The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/dec/05/record-number-of-fossil-fuel-lobbyists-get-access-to-cop28-climate-talks)]
Why is this allowed
Can you imagine being a “fossil fuel lobbyist”?
At this point, I wish nothing but the worst for such people.