THE number of delegates at the United Nations climate summit with links to fossil fuels has jumped 25 per cent since last year, an analysis by campaigners revealed today.

Global Witness said that its data, compiled along with Corporate Accountability and the Corporate Europe Observatory, found that some 636 people at the Cop27 talks in Egypt are lobbyists for coal, oil and gas companies, up from 503 from the previous meeting in Scotland.

The number of these delegates is more than all the combined delegations from the 10 most climate-impacted countries such as Pakistan, Bangladesh and Mozambique.