Polluters in Peru

In the face of a disastrous Lima Outcome for local communities, their environments and the climate, many of the climate justice groups attending COP20 released a joint statement in response to what countries had agreed to, as well setting our own agenda.

As the end of the UN climate talks in Lima spell misery for billions already affected or soon to be, Corporate Europe Observatory accuses the dirty energy industry of driving the world off a climate cliff on the road to Paris. CEO gives its response.

The UN climate talks in Lima, COP20, have had the pervasive influence of business all over them. Yet despite this, business is still not happy with the influence it has on the talks and wants a greater role.

As the UN climate talks – COP20 – wrap up in Lima, CEO took part in a press conference to reflect on what two weeks of negotiations mean for climate justice and the road to Paris.

After thousands marched through Lima demanding climate justice, hundreds then crossed town for a mass non-violent direct action against the multitude of corporate lobbyists gathered at the Hilton Hotel: not just one of the city's most expensive hotels but the host of the World Climate Summit.

Democracy Now!'s team came and filmed the action CEO was helping organise against the International Emissions Trading Association. They also asked about our new report, produced with the Democracy Center and Transnational Institute.

Activists inside COP20 took the fight to the fossil fuel industries - telling them to get out of the COP and out of our climate

A new report released at COP20 by CEO, the Democracy Center and Transnational Institute shows how corporations causing social and environmental destruction in the Andes and Amazon are driving climate change, whilst enjoying influential seats at the climate-negotiating table.

A new report by CEO, Friends of the Earth International and the Transnational Institute released in Lima during the UN climate talks reveals how multinational corporations such as Anglo American undermine crucial climate policies and promote false solutions, which allow them to profit from the climate crisis.

Read CEO's chapter in a new report released today in Lima by the International Institute of Climate Action and Theory compiling strategies to fight for climate justice as we approach the pivtoal 2015 climate talks in Paris.

The IETA are promoting business as usual for dirty energy and false solutions to climate change – and by speaking at their events the UN climate chief and Lord Stern are lending them credibility.

Civil society not allowed to take part in the UNFCCC discussions as the sessions 'ran out of time' - is it a symptom of a more systemic crisis?