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November 13, 2025

RELEASE: Fossil fuel lobbyists flood COP30 climate talks in Brazil, with largest ever attendance share

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With one in every 25 COP30 attendees a fossil fuel lobbyist, massive industry presence intensifies calls to protect climate negotiations from corporate capture.

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November 13, 2025

Kick Out The Suits: KBPO members to expose number of fossil fuel lobbyists at COP30

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Join KBPO members on the ground in Belém at COP30 for a day of action and events exposing and denouncing the number of fossil fuel lobbyists at COP30.

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November 7, 2025

RELEASE: Fossil fuel companies attending recent U.N. climate talks responsible for nearly 60% of global oil and gas production

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Fossil fuel companies attending recent U.N. climate talks responsible for nearly 60% of global oil and gas production

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November 7, 2025

Fossil fuel companies attending U.N. climate talks in last four years responsible for nearly 60% of global oil and gas production in 2024

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Attendance of more than 5,350 fossil fuel lobbyists illustrates scale of industry stranglehold as COP30 approaches with absent protections.

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October 1, 2025

RELEASE: Over 225 Organizations Demand: "Kick Big Polluters Out, Don't Invite Them to the COP30 Table!"

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Civil society groups and networks representing millions condemn COP30 President Designate's invitation to corporate interests without protections against conflicts of interest, calling it a "dangerous oversight" that threatens climate action

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September 30, 2025

LETTER: 225+ Organizations demand COP30 center people, not polluters

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While the COP30 President Designate places the private sector center stage, calling “on all business leaders to join the world in Belém," we demand "Kick Big Polluters Out, don’t invite them to the COP30 table!"

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September 15, 2025

RELEASE: UN climate regime responds to civil society pressure to address Big Polluter interference in climate action

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Today, in response to sustained campaigning by campaign groups and civil society constituencies, the UNFCCC has taken another step towards addressing the elephant in the room

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June 18, 2025

RELEASE: Groups representing millions have a message to those at UN climate talks in Bonn

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Climate justice and human rights activists gather to condemn the UN climate talk’s failure to end the corporate stranglehold over climate action. 

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November 18, 2024

RELEASE: More than 200 Big Ag lobbyists at COP29

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Overall, 204 agriculture delegates have accessed the talks this year, analysis by DeSmog reveals. 

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November 14, 2024

Quote Sheet: KBPO members denounce 1770+ fossil fuel lobbyists at COP29

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More than 1,770 fossil fuels lobbyist allowed to attend COP29 in Baku.