Last year EU governments brought 113 fossil fuel lobbyists to COP29, according to analysis from the Kick Big Polluters Out and Fossil Free Politics campaigns
However, partly thanks to our pressure, the European Commission did not bring any fossil fuel lobbyists last year, a big shift from previous COPs when it brought lobbyists including senior executives from BP, Exxon and Eni. We will keep on building the pressure on the European Commission and member states to stop granting access to fossil fuel lobbyists.
They would never bring tobacco lobbyists to a global health conference, so why would they bring fossil fuel lobbyists to a climate conference?
As COP30 approaches, we’re now calling on the EU’s climate chief, Commissioner Wopka Hoekstra, to not bring fossil fuel lobbyists to the UN climate talks again this year, and to push member states to do the same. We are also urging the Commission to advocate for an UNFCCC Accountability framework and to develop a robust EU-level conflict of interest policy to safeguard climate negotiations and policy making from undue influence.
Link open letter: https://fossilfreepolitics.org/news/cop30-letter-to-hoekstra/