Kick Big Polluters Out to expose number of fossil fuel lobbyists at COP30 and demand: “Kick Out The Suits!”
Read more about the 1600+ fossil fuel lobbyists at COP30 here
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Belém, Brazil—Exactly how many fossil fuel lobbyists are at the U.N. climate talks happening now in Belém? On Friday November 14, the world will find out.
Join Kick Big Polluters Out (KBPO) members from around the world on Friday November 14, as we expose the number of fossil fuel lobbyists roaming the halls of COP30.
11 AM Friday Nov 14- Press Conference: Kick Out The Suits at COP30!
Representatives from UNFCCC constituencies will join climate justice activists, feminists, Palestinian activists, trade unions, youth to react to the number of fossil fuel lobbyists at COP30.
Where: Press Conference Room 2, and online here.
Speakers include:
Babitha PS- Women and Gender Constituency
Mohammed Usrof- Palestinian Institute for Climate Strategy
Shady Khalil- Climate Action Network
Pim Sullivan-Tailyour- YOUNGO
Jax Bongon- Demand Climate Justice
Larry Rousseau- TUNGO, Canadian Labour Congress
Rachel Rose Jackson, Kick Big Polluters Out
This is a Kick Big Polluters Out press conference hosted by the Global Campaign to Demand Climate Justice.
12:30 PM Friday Nov 14- Kick Out The Suits action featuring a giant corporate executive puppet
Where: Inside COP30 venue, at Action Zone 1 (across from the information centre)
Join KBPO partners as they gather to release the number of fossil fuel lobbyists present in the halls of COP30. Hear from frontline, Indigenous, Global South, Palestinian, and other climate justice activists about the impact these fossil fuel lobbyists are having on climate action, and what we must do to make sure COP30 delivers. The action will feature a giant corporate executive puppet crafted by the Artivist Network.
*KBPO spokespeople will be available for interviews*
* Photos and videos will be available here shortly after the action**
4:45 PM Friday Nov 14- Side event: Protect! Reform! Deliver!
KBPO partners and experts will discuss the findings in more detail, and how to remove the stumbling blocks obstructing progress in climate action.
Where: Side event room 8
Kick Big Polluters Out is a coalition of more than 450 organizations across the globe united in demanding an end to the ability of Big Polluters to write the rules of climate action. We stand in solidarity with the people of Palestine as well as with all those who face systemic injustice and fossil-fueled violence around the world. Find more on the coalition and its demands here.