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Sultan al-Jaber, the CEO of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, speaks during the World Government Summit in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, February 14, 2023
DELEGATES tied to the world’s largest oil and gas firms — including BP and Shell — have attended UN-led climate talks at least 7,200 times over the last 20 years, analysis has revealed.
The Kick Big Polluters Out coalition examined the number of times delegates from fossil fuel firms and trade bodies went to Cop talks since 2003. The research found that disclosed employees of fossil fuel firms attended the conferences a minimum of 945 times.
Staff from the so-called big five — ExxonMobil, Chevron, Shell, BP and TotalEnergies — received at least 267 passes.
The glacier collapse in Nepal is yet another warning that a warming planet is making Himalayan disasters more frequent and destructive – but the countries facing the greatest risks are often those least responsible, says LI YANG
