EU Floods COP28 Climate Talks With Fossil Fuel Lobbyists

The European Union and its Member States have brought more than 130 fossil fuel lobbyists into COP28, according to new research by Corporate Europe Observatory, a member of the Kick Polluters Out Coalition.

132 fossil fuel lobbyists, including the CEOs of TotalEnergies and Eni, have entered the UN climate talks in Dubai as part of the delegations of the European Commission and EU Member State governments like France, Belgium and Italy.

The findings build on new analysis showing that more than 2450 fossil fuel lobbyists have registered to attend the talks this year, almost four times as many as last year in Egypt. Big polluter lobbyists dominate the climate stage, surpassing the combined delegation of the 10 most climate-vulnerable nations. Their numbers also exceed sevenfold the presence of Indigenous constituency representatives eclipsing the voices and lived experience of the communities facing the worst consequences of climate destruction despite not having contributed to the problem.