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COP27 was dubbed the ‘gas COP’, with record-breaking numbers of fossil fuel lobbyists in attendance. However, much less attention was paid to how this could also have been called ‘hydrogen COP’, with a myriad of events and deals sealed by companies and governments, many with a focus on extracting resources from Africa.

A series of critical decisions on tax, energy infrastructure, and regulation have put fossil fuel industry profits above the interests of millions.

18 out of 20 COP27 sponsors directly support or partner with the fossil fuel industry, helping it to advance its climate-wrecking agenda.

Corporate Europe Observatory and the French association Bloom have today made a complaint to the EU lobby register secretariat regarding the French and EU fishing industry and its use of the revolving door.

Join us in the new episode of EU Watchdog Radio, where Pascoe Sabido talks to Aderonke Ige about the campaign Kick Big Polluters Out, and the absurd presence of fossil fuel lobbyists at COP27.

New research from CEO, Corporate Accountability and Global Witness shows there are more fossil fuel lobbyists than representatives of the ten nations most impacted by the climate crisis registered to attend COP27.

In this episode of EU Watchdog Radio, we talk to Hans van Scharen and Vicky Cann, campaigners and researchers at CEO about the pressures of the chemical industry and AgriBiz lobby and the EU Commission's reaction.

89 civil society organisations from across the planet denounce corporate capture at the UNFCCC, and demand a new approach to climate finance.

The fossil fuel industry’s unprecedented access to European decision-makers since the Ukraine war has allowed them to protect their record-breaking profits while households struggle to pay their bills. As well as delaying and weakening measures that could have addressed the cost of living crisis, industry lobbying also secured public support for new gas infrastructure.