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The Fossil Fuel Industry Continues to Exert Undue Influence Over COP29, Activists Say

Inside Climate News · By Bob Berwyn · last updated
High-emitting developed countries prevented the UNFCCC from adopting conflict-of-interest guidelines for the annual climate talks from the very beginning.

By Bob Berwyn

BAKU, Azerbaijan—This year’s COP29 climate conference started right where last year’s meeting in Dubai left off—with more conflict-of-interest woes around a senior official recorded trying to use the meeting to arrange fossil fuel development deals.