Fossil fuel industry quietly undermining global climate talks: report

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‘ … bolsters the case for why governments need to look at the influence of fossil fuel trade associations at the international level’

Fossil fuel industry giants such as ExxonMobil and Royal Dutch Shell are maintaining an outsize presence at global climate discussions, working to undermine scientific consensus and slow policy progress, according to findings released last week by an environmental monitoring organization.

Former GCC members have attended events representing organizations that include the International Emissions Trading Association and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development . Since 2002, the two groups alone have combined to send 2,673 delegates, according to CIC data. ExxonMobil, Shell and BP all belong to at least one of the groups, according to the trade groups’ websites. The companies have collectively contributed 5.

Fossil fuel interests have tried from the very beginning to undermine and infiltrate this difficult global agreement …. As they win, the planet loses.

 

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AKimCampbell Andrew Scheer and the CPC are owned by oil and gas.

I didn’t really understand the point of the article. I believe that their are always 2 sides to a story. One group wants to block or deter and one group wants to develop and grow. This article just does nothing for me or for either group involved.

. CO2 is not the primary cause of climate change; the science is shown below.

Good, there are too many polar bears and the religious climate change zealots won't let the Inuit protect themselves

A Bloomberg article against fossil fuels. That’s new.

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