Record Number of Fossil Fuel Lobbyists at COP28, Environmentalists Say
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A group representing a coalition of environmental groups combed through the public list of people granted access to the United Nations COP28 climate talks and found at least 2,456 people the group considers fossil fuel lobbyists.
The Kick Big Polluters Out coalition said that means that COP28, underway in Dubai, has the greatest number of participants affiliated with fossil fuel interests known to attend one of the annual U.N. climate negotiations.
"The sheer number of fossil fuel lobbyists at climate talks that could determine our future is beyond justification," Joseph Sikulu, a coalition member and Pacific managing director for the nonprofit group 350.org, said in a statement. "Their increasing presence at COP undermines the integrity of the process as a whole."
