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‘Explosion’ in number of fossil fuel lobbyists at Cop27 climate summit
(The Guardian, 10 Nov 2022) Oil and gas industries have 636 representatives at Egypt conference – a rise of more than 25% on previous year.
There are more than 600 fossil fuel lobbyists at the Cop27 climate conference, a rise of more than 25% from last year and outnumbering any one frontline community affected by the climate crisis.
There are 636 lobbyists from the oil and gas industries registered to attend the UN event in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. At Glasgow, the figure was 503, which outnumbered the delegation of any single country. This year the only country with a larger delegation is the United Arab Emirates, hosts of Cop28 next year, which has 1,070 registered delegates, up from 176 last year.
At Cop27, “the influence of fossil fuel lobbyists is greater than frontline countries and communities. Delegations from African countries and Indigenous communities are dwarfed by representatives of corporate interests”, said the group Kick Big Polluters out, which campaigns against the influence of fossil fuel lobbyists at the climate negotiations.
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The Guardian, 10 Nov 2022: ‘Explosion’ in number of fossil fuel lobbyists at Cop27 climate summit
