Oil, gas and coal lobby sends over 600 representatives to climate summit

Right now, in the Egyptian city of Sharm el-Sheikh, defenders of oil, coal and gas they add more representatives than the ten countries most affected by the climate crisis. According to an analysis of the ‘Global Witness’ platform, at the moment some 636 representatives of the fossil fuel industry attend the negotiations of the climate summit in Egypt in the first row.Not only add up to more than the delegation of any other country but, as a whole, they supersede even the sum of countries like Pakistan, Bangladesh and Mozambique. It’s about the highest number recorded to date in this type of diplomatic events.

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Last year, at the Glasgow meeting, it was estimated that the oil, coal and gas industry had sent about 500 lobbyists to meet. Even then, from the environmental NGOs to the international observers present at the negotiations, they denounced the excessive presence of this lobi (responsible for the Emissions of greenhouse gases that have triggered global warming and the climate crisis). A year later, according to data revealed this Thursday by ‘Global Witness’, the presence of this lobi has increased by about 25%. “If you want to deal with malaria, don’t invite the mosquitoes,” Greenpeace warns after the publication of this report.

The fossil fuel lobby has entered the Sharm el-Sheikh climate summit with official passes. In the vast majority of cases, integrated within the national delegations of some of the main producers and exporters of oil, gas and coal. The Arab Emirates adds about 70 lobbyists in its ranks and Russia about 33 more. There are also representatives of the hydrocarbon industry in the delegations of Kenya (12), Congo (12), Oman (11), Kuwait (9), Canada (8), Angola (8) and Namibia (3). In total, it is estimated that this lobi has infiltrated the lists of some thirty countries.