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Corporate capture won’t solve environmental crises

20.02.2024

As Prime Minister De Croo and President von der Leyen hobnob with the leaders of big business at BASF Antwerp, 70+ NGOs have demanded an end to privileged access for polluting industries and ambitious action on the toxic pollution, biodiversity, and climate crises.

Decoding COP28

21.12.2023

Another year, another COP. Listen to our new podcast episode of EU Watchdog Radio, where Pascoe Sabido spills the tea of what went down in Dubai.

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COP28 facilitates fossil fuel frenzy

19.12.2023

Despite the hailed deal to “transition away from fossil fuels”, the 2023 UN climate summit’s text has the oily fingerprints of the fossil fuel lobby all over it. COP28 is more likely to facilitate a fossil fuel frenzy by cementing false solutions.

Watch all our COP28 videos

18.12.2023

Here's a compilation of the videos we have produced for COP28, from myth busters to explanatory videos!

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COP28: an historic outcome, but for whom?

18.12.2023

To make the COP28 outcome truly “historic”, we need to free the talks — and our political and economic systems — from the oily grip of the fossil fuel industry. Op-ed in Euronews.

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COP28 is running into overtime, but your time is up to deliver climate justice

17.12.2023

As COP28 came to an end in Dubai, members of the Global Campaign to Demand Climate Justice, including Corporate Europe Observatory, released a statement calling out the negotiating text and its loopholes.

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EU floods COP28 climate talks with fossil fuel lobbyists

07.12.2023

The European Union and its Member States have brought more than 130 fossil fuel lobbyists into COP28, according to new research by Corporate Europe Observatory, a member of the Kick Polluters Out Coalition.

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Record number of fossil fuel lobbyists granted access to COP28 climate talks

05.12.2023

At least 2456 fossil fuel lobbyists have been granted access to the COP28 summit in Dubai, signalling an unprecedented presence at crucial climate talks from representatives of some of the world’s biggest polluters, according to a new analysis from the Kick Big Polluters Out (KBPO) coalition.

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COP28 push for hydrogen

30.11.2023

The EU and the COP28 summit host, the United Arab Emirates, in cahoots with Big Oil & Gas and global consultancies, have laid the groundwork for a hydrogen boost at the summit. A powerful smokescreen that could extend – and even increase – the use of fossil fuels.

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Hoekstra’s inconvenient past a liability at COP28?

22.11.2023

As EU Climate Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra heads to COP28, new research by CEO shows why he is the perfect pick for big polluters, as his 11 years at the consultancy firm McKinsey cast serious doubts on his ability to represent the EU public

How the Aviation Lobby Got the European Commission to Derail Dutch Flight Reduction Plans

22.11.2023

Last week the Dutch government announced it was abandoing plans to reduce flight numbers at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport by 10 per cent. This reversal was the result of political pressure from the European Commission and the US government. The European Commission in particular had been heavily lobbied by the aviation industry on the matter.

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22.11.2023

Take a look at our long infographic based on our report "The dirty truth about the EU’s hydrogen push".

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Corporate capture won’t solve environmental crises

Decoding COP28

COP28 facilitates fossil fuel frenzy

Watch all our COP28 videos

COP28: an historic outcome, but for whom?

COP28 is running into overtime, but your time is up to deliver climate justice

EU floods COP28 climate talks with fossil fuel lobbyists

Record number of fossil fuel lobbyists granted access to COP28 climate talks

COP28 push for hydrogen

Hoekstra’s inconvenient past a liability at COP28?

How the Aviation Lobby Got the European Commission to Derail Dutch Flight Reduction Plans

Long infographic

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