"More than 1,600 fossil fuel lobbyists have been granted access to the Cop30 climate negotiations in Belem, significantly outnumbering every single country's delegation apart from the host Brazil, new analysis has found. One in every 25 participants at this year's UN climate summit is a fossil fuel lobbyist, according to the analysis by the Kick Big Polluters Out (KBPO) coalition, raising serious questions about the corporate capture and credibility of the annual Cop negotiations."
"The annual climate talks opened in Belem on Monday, with Brazil's president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva disavowing disinformation and declaring that it would be the Cop of truth. Yet the fossil fuel industry, which has a long history of spreading misinformation and disinformation while blocking meaningful climate action, received almost 60% more passes to Cop30 than the 10 most climate-vulnerable nations combined (1,061), according to analysis by KBPO, an international coalition of 450 organizations."
More than 1,600 fossil fuel lobbyists were granted access to COP30 in Belem, making up one in every 25 participants at the summit. The tally represents a 12% rise from COP29 in Baku and is the largest concentration of fossil fuel lobbyists at COP since 2021. The overall number is smaller than at COP29 (1,773) and COP28 (2,456), but the proportion is higher due to lower attendance at Belem. The total number of fossil fuel lobbyists given access to UN climate summits reached 7,000 over the past five years. The fossil fuel industry received almost 60% more passes than the 10 most climate-vulnerable nations combined (1,061). Critics described the participation as corporate capture undermining climate governance amid rising extreme weather, disinformation, and oil and gas profits.
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