The 503 name count on the UN invitation list is larger than that of any single country, according to an analysis by a coalition of groups led by Global Witness.
COP26: Fossil Fuel Lobbyists Outnumber Any Nation’s Delegates
Category: Climate Change
COP26: Will Rich Nations Allow Our Planet to Breathe?
Rather than focus on the necessary energy transition, Vijay Prashad says developed countries have taken to crude propaganda against a handful of developing states.
COP26: Emitters Sue To Chill Climate Measures
Extractive industries not only use a privatized international arbitration system the most, they also receive the largest monetary awards, writes Manuel Pérez-Rocha.
COP26: Fossil Fuel Companies Get Inside Climate Conference
Organizers said they wouldn’t be welcome, but they found a side entrance, as Adam Ramsay reports.
COP26: Britain’s Courtship of Climate-Action Obstructers
The government’s fossil-fuel-expanding trade intentions raise urgent questions about its hosting of COP26, writes Nafeez Ahmed.
COP26: More Than 30 Yrs Ago Global Warming Became Front-Page News
COP26: What Big Oil Knew About Climate Change, Starting in 1959
At an old gunpowder factory in Delaware — now a museum and archive — Benjamin Franta found a transcript of a petroleum conference from 1959 that included a speech by Edward Teller.
COP26: US Brings Sorry Climate Record to Glasgow
President Joe Biden wants to lecture other countries to make huge commitments to combat climate change while he brings a poor U.S. record to the Glasgow conference, writes Joe Lauria.
Biden in No Position to Lecture World on Global Warming
Tackling the global climate emergency requires a fundamental redistribution of financial resources, writes Aaron White. The U.S. president shows no sign of leading the way.
Gaslighting 1.1 Billion Africans
It is generally easier for countries that offer development finance for energy projects to make low-carbon rules for others, not for themselves, write Benjamin Attia and Morgan Bazilian.