Corporate Europe ObservatoryNov 14

📣 BREAKING: One out of every 25 attendees walking around the #COP30 climate talks is a fossil fuel lobbyist.

New research from #KickBigPollutersOut reveals there are more than 1,600 in the UN negotiations in Brazil.

Here's a thread with the top findings 🧵
https://www.kickbigpollutersout.org/Release-Kick-Out-The-Suits-COP30

RELEASE: Fossil fuel lobbyists flood COP30 climate talks in Brazil, with largest ever attendance share | Kick Big Polluters Out

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The Philippines and Jamaica are still reeling from devastating typhoons and hurricanes, but their delegations at #COP30 have been outnumbered by fossil fuel lobbyists by nearly 50 to 1 and 40 to 1 respectively.

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Fossil fuel companies like Equinor and E.ON have received two thirds more passes to #COP30 than all the delegates from the 10 most climate-vulnerable nations combined, highlighting how industry presence continues to overshadow that of those on the frontlines of the climate crisis.
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Major trade associations remain a primary vehicle for fossil fuel influence, with the International Emissions Trading Association bringing 60 representatives, including delegates from oil and gas giants like ExxonMobil, BP, and TotalEnergies.
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Approximately 599 lobbyists were brought in by our national governments, known as "parties" in UN speak. They used "Party overflow badges" that allow access to behind-the-scenes government-only areas of the U.N. climate negotiations. Perfect if you want to delay or disrupt climate action.
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Several Global North countries included fossil fuel representatives within their official delegations, including France, Japan, and Norway -
@fossilfreeeu.bsky.social
has a breakdown of the EU level.
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It's time to #KickOutTheSuits. Concretely, we need an Accountability Framework to protect the UN climate talks from the influence of big polluters and their conflicts of interest. That's what we'll keep fighting for!

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https://kickbigpollutersout.org/Release-Kick-Out-The-Suits-COP30