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The Guardian: Revealed: over 160 representatives with climate-denying track records got Cop28 access
Revealed: over 160 representatives with climate-denying track records got Cop28 accessUN organizers allow groups that have obstructed fossil fuel regulations and other climate action to attend, watchdog finds
Nina Lakhani in Dubai
@ninalakhani
Mon 11 Dec 2023 20.28 EST
Influential industry trade groups, thinktanks and public relations agencies with a track record in climate denialism and misleading the public have been given access to the UN climate talks in Dubai, the Guardian can reveal.
Corporate Accountability, a transparency watchdog, has found that UN organizers greenlighted access to groups that have obstructed fossil fuel regulations and other climate action, giving them the same or greater access to the international negotiations as Indigenous communities, human rights groups and climate justice organizations.
Organizations and individuals invited by country-delegations also have access to closed-room negotiations from which civil society and grassroots groups are locked out.
The new data, derived from official UN delegate lists, found at least 166 climate deniers and fossil fuel public relations professionals are at Cop28. The true number is probably significantly higher as only the most prominent bodies were included in the analysis. Some of the groups have been coming to the UN climate talks for years.
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Nina Lakhani in Dubai
@ninalakhani
Mon 11 Dec 2023 20.28 EST
Influential industry trade groups, thinktanks and public relations agencies with a track record in climate denialism and misleading the public have been given access to the UN climate talks in Dubai, the Guardian can reveal.
Corporate Accountability, a transparency watchdog, has found that UN organizers greenlighted access to groups that have obstructed fossil fuel regulations and other climate action, giving them the same or greater access to the international negotiations as Indigenous communities, human rights groups and climate justice organizations.
Organizations and individuals invited by country-delegations also have access to closed-room negotiations from which civil society and grassroots groups are locked out.
The new data, derived from official UN delegate lists, found at least 166 climate deniers and fossil fuel public relations professionals are at Cop28. The true number is probably significantly higher as only the most prominent bodies were included in the analysis. Some of the groups have been coming to the UN climate talks for years.
…