Fossil free politics

The Big 5 oil and gas majors have brought more than 400 lobbyists to the UN climate talks since the Paris Agreement was signed at COP21.

An unprecedentedly large coalition of politicians from the US Congress and the EU Parliament call for an end to fossil fuel industry influence at the UN climate talks weeks before crucial negotiations.

The IPCC says the world is in the last-chance saloon, yet fossil-gas executives eye deals next week in Vienna at the European Gas Conference. Climate and cost of living activists have other ideas.

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

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.

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.

The new EU Energy Platform Industry Advisory Group, created at the request of oil and gas majors like Shell, BP, Total and Eni, represents a conflict of interest on a colossal scale. These alliances must be stopped if we are to have any chance of breaking Europe’s fossil gas habit, addressing fuel poverty, and averting climate crisis.

The invasion of Ukraine has exposed Europe’s dependency on Russian oil and gas. Its imports are directly funding Putin’s war efforts, to the tune of €20 billion in March alone.

Rejected by the climate justice movement, the final COP26 text mirrors the agenda of rich developed countries and their oil and gas industries.

At least 503 fossil fuel lobbyists have been granted access to COP26, flooding the Glasgow conference with corporate influence.

Here you can see our video diaries, and get to know all about the toxic tours that are taking place at the COP and in the streets of Glasgow, the events going on in the People's Summit as well as at COP26, and some interviews with activists.