Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO)
Shall we start with the good news? Thanks to sustained pressure from @fossilfreeeu.bsky.social, the EU brought ZERO fossil fuel lobbyists to COP30! For a second year in a row. Huge success 🔥 Now the EU needs to make this an official policy, and push others. fossilfreepolitics.org/news/cop30-l...

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More than 100 organisations tell Hoekstra not to bring fossil fuel lobbyists to COP30! - Fossil Free Politics

As COP30 approaches, we're now calling on the EU's climate chief, Commissioner Wopka Hoekstra, to not bring fossil fuel lobbyists to the UN climate talks again this year, and to push member states to do the same.

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In 🇩🇪 Germany and 🇦🇹 Austria, the governments also told @fossilfreeeu.bsky.social national groups that they wouldn't bring any fossil fuel lobbyists to #COP30 - and kept their word. Chapeau #FossilFreePolitics #KickBigPollutersOut @lobbycontrol.bsky.social @global2000.bsky.social

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Show threadCorporate Europe Observatory (CEO)Nov 14
And now the not-so-good news... 🇪🇺 EU Member States brought 84 fossil fuel lobbyists into #COP30 on their official government delegations (via "part overflow" badges). #FossilFreePolitics #KickBigPollutersOut fossilfreepolitics.org/news/eu-brin...
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The worst offenders were France, Sweden and Italy 🇫🇷 22 - with five from TotalEnergies, including its CEO 🇸🇪 18 - including senior execs from E.ON 🇮🇹 12 - including Edison, who's importing US LNG But others include 🇩🇰 (11), 🇵🇹 (8), 🇧🇪 (8), 🇫🇮 (2), 🇳🇱 (2), 🇬🇷 (1) @recommon.org
Show threadCorporate Europe Observatory (CEO)Nov 14
We need stronger rules at all levels: 🇺🇳 UN level: an Accountability Framework to address conflicts of interest 🇪🇺 EU level: turn good behaviour into a concrete conflict of interest policy 🇫🇷🇮🇹🇸🇪: Member State level: firewalls to protect policy making from fossil fuel influence #FossilFreePolitics