Explosion In Number Of Fossil Fuel Lobbyists At Cop27 Climate Summit Cop27
There are 636 lobbyists from the oil and gas industries registered to attend the UN event in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. In Glasgow, the number was 503, more than any single country represented. This year, the only country with a larger delegation is the United Arab Emirates, host of next year’s Cop28, which has 1,070 registered delegates, up from 176 last year. At Cop27, “the influence of fossil fuel lobbyists is greater than frontline countries and communities....