Hundreds of people in the fossil fuel industry have been accredited to participate in key climate negotiations in Glasgow-activists claim that there are more delegations in the industry than in any country.
An analysis of the provisional list of UN-designated participants showed that Cop26’s 503 representatives were either directly affiliated with fossil fuel companies, or affiliated with national delegations but affiliated with oil, gas, or coal companies.
According to the assessment of activists from Corporate Accountability, Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO), Glasgow Calls Out Polluters and Global Witness, this means that the number of representatives of fossil fuels exceeds the largest single country delegation by about two dozen.
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The number of fossil fuel lobbyists far exceeds that of delegations from some of the most vulnerable countries at the conference, and the conference has also been criticized for being unable to enter high-risk countries and communities due to travel restrictions and the lack of vaccines in developing countries. Pandemic.
These organizations say their analysis shows that more than 100 fossil fuel companies have participated in climate negotiations — countries are under pressure to reduce emissions mainly from oil, natural gas, and coal to curb dangerous warming — and 30 trading agencies And member organizations.
Activists say that about 27 official national delegations have registered for fossil fuel lobbyists, including Canada, Russia and Brazil.
Murray Worthy, head of the Global Witness Natural Gas Campaign, said: “The world will soon have no time to avoid climate disasters. This police officer absolutely must succeed.
“The reason for meaningful global action must not be diverted by the festival of polluters and their mouthpieces, who have no interest in seeing the changes we need to protect humanity and the planet.
“The presence of hundreds of people employed to promote the toxic interests of polluting fossil fuel companies will only increase the suspicion of climate activists, who see these talks as more evidence of hesitation and delay by global leaders.”
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The CEO of the Glasgow Company, Glasgow calls on polluters and Global Witness to hope to see a policy that excludes organizations that have a financial or vested interest in the production or combustion of fossil fuels.
The analysis was carried out after Greenpeace International accused Saudi Arabia’s negotiators of trying to block the “cover decision”-this is Cop26’s final statement, which may include a commitment to accelerate action to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius to avoid rising temperatures The most serious impact.
The national action plans of the countries of this decade are currently leading the world in achieving the 1.5C target, and countries have agreed to achieve this target in accordance with the 2015 Paris Agreement on Climate Change.
Greenpeace also stated that Saudi Arabia is blocking efforts to support poorer countries in adapting to a changing climate.
