"In the decade since the historic Paris climate accord was signed, fossil fuel companies have been fighting hard to protect their business, pouring millions into lobbying and supporting climate-skeptic politicians with success. In the US, Donald Trump has again moved to pull out of the Paris Agreement and rolled back support for renewables in favor of oil and gas. Similar shifts are emerging elsewhere, as climate skeptic and denialist parties gain traction in Europe."
""At both COP28 and COP29, fossil fuel lobbyists showed up in the thousands, dwarfing many delegations, in particular those from the countries most vulnerable to climate change," said Erika Lennon, senior attorney at the Center for International Environmental Law in Washington, D.C. It's no different at this year's UN climate conference, COP30, in Brazil. Together these lobbying efforts have weakened climate policy, says Richard Blanchard, director of the Centre for Renewable Energy Systems Technology at the UK's Loughborough University."
Fossil fuel companies have invested heavily in lobbying and supported climate-skeptic politicians to protect business interests, influencing national and international policy. In the US, actions include moves to withdraw from the Paris Agreement and roll back renewable support in favor of oil and gas. Similar political shifts and rising denialist parties are visible in parts of Europe, while corporate enthusiasm for ESG frameworks has cooled. Massive fossil fuel presence at recent COP meetings has dwarfed vulnerable-country delegations. Current national pledges place the world on a trajectory near 2.6°C warming, making the 1.5°C goal effectively unreachable.
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