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Marrakech Climate Talks: Giving The Fossil Fuel Lobby A Seat At The Table

Marrakech Climate Talks: Giving The Fossil Fuel Lobby A Seat At The Table

by The Daily Eye Team November 11 2016, 10:25 am Estimated Reading Time: 0 mins, 42 secs

As the world gathers in Morocco for the historic first meeting under the Paris agreement – called “COP22” but now also “CMA1” – it does so with the unprecedented involvement of corporate interests who have fought climate action around the world, funded climate change denial and whose fundamental interest is in extracting and burning as much fossil fuel as possible.

Earlier this year, desperate moves from countries representing the majority of the world’s population to examine how the UN might identify and minimise conflicts of interest were swept under the carpet by rich countries – especially the US, EU and Australia – who argued they wanted to be as “inclusive” as possible and that the concept of “conflict of interest” was too hard to define.

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