'Tobacco lobbyists wouldn't be welcome at health conferences,' said a corporate watchdog coalition. 'Those perpetuating the world's fossil fuel addiction should not be allowed through the doors of a climate conference.'
The U.S.-based public relations firm that the Egyptian governmentto run communications for COP27 has close ties to the fossil fuel industry, with a client list that includes Exxon.
The outsized presence of the industry most responsible for the climate crisis has outraged climate campaigners, who are vocally protesting polluters' influence on the COP27 talks as they continue to produce woefully"The climate crisis is upon us, yet world governments continue to protect the interests of a few greedy corporations instead of the people who are most affected,"the Kick Polluters Out campaign, which is holding a protest on the ground in Sharm El-Sheikh on Thursday.
Corporate Accountability, Corporate Europe Observatory, and Global Witness noted that unlike fossil fuel lobbyists, activists from the Global South and others harmed disproportionately by the climate crisis"have effectively been shut out of the talks by high costs, visa challenges, and repressive actions by the hosting country."
"Rather than being the start of the real climate action needed, COP27 looks set to be a festival of fossil fuels and their polluting friends, buoyed by recent bumper profits," a spokesperson for the coalition said. "Tobacco lobbyists wouldn't be welcome at health conferences, arms dealers can’t promote their trade at peace conventions," the spokesperson added."Those perpetuating the world's fossil fuel addiction should not be allowed through the doors of a climate conference. It's time governments got out of the pockets of polluters, come to their senses, and help make COP27 the success the world vitally needs it to be.
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