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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Environment
Nina Lakhani in Dubai

FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Revealed over 160 representatives with climate denying track records got cop28 access | History Defined

Activists hold signs that read 'fossil fuel lobbyists out' and 'build renewables'.
Activists protest against polluting countries during Cop28 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, last week. Photograph: Amr Alfiky/Reuters

Influential industry trade groups, thinktanks and public relations agencies with a track record in climate denialism and misleading the public have been given access to the UN climate talks in Dubai, the Guardian can reveal.

Corporate Accountability, a transparency watchdog, has found that UN organizers greenlighted access to groups that have obstructed fossil fuel regulations and other climate action, giving them the same or greater access to the international negotiations as Indigenous communities, human rights groups and climate justice organizations.

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