COP25: NGOs Barred from UN Climate Talks After Unauthorised Protest
The halls of the UN climate negotiations in Madrid are unusually quiet this evening, as non-governmental organisations were ejected from the venue following aย protest. Hundreds of people staged an action within the conference centre, which protesters had been planning since the weekend in response to sluggish progress at the talks. But the protest was not […]
COP25: Climate Science Deniers Attend on Behalf of Trump-Affiliated Lobby Group
A US thinktank with close ties to Donald Trump has obtained accreditation for a delegation of climate science deniers to the UN summit currently underway inย Madrid. Organisations accredited to attend on behalf of the Competitive Enterprise Institute, which has received significant funding from oil giant ExxonMobil and the Koch family, include the UKโs Centre for […]
COP25: Polluting Companies Blamed for Slow Progress at UN Climate Talks
Big polluters are to blame for slow progress in the annual UN climate negotiations in Madrid, Spain, according to activists โ with several companies sponsoring the talks in exchange for tax breaks. Sponsors of the talks, known as COP25, include the electrical utilities company Iberdrola, which produced 24.6 million tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions in […]
