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fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks agoFossil fuel lobbyists outnumber all Cop30 delegations except Brazil, report says
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.
Environment
fromIrish Independent
2 weeks agoPower cuts and no translator - Cop30 misfires as indigenous people's groups determined to make their voices heard on world stage
But the ill-timed blackout fed an ­undercurrent of scepticism that this year's summit - dubbed "the indigenous peoples Cop" - will deliver on organisers' promise to put them front and centre at the event on the edge of the Amazon rainforest where many indigenous groups live. Indigenous peoples safeguard much of the world's biodiversity and are among those who contribute the least to climate change, yet they're disproportionately harmed by the devastation it causes.
Environment
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