Re: De-Smog outraged that Russian oil & gas oligarchs present at COP27 Archived Message
Posted by Tomski on November 13, 2022, 1:59 pm, in reply to "De-Smog outraged that Russian oil & gas oligarchs present at COP27"
Rather acting as NATO's useful idiots here IMO. Climate change now being used as another stick to bash Russia. Hypocritical because much of the oil & gas produced is still going to EU countries. Also, western fossil fuel interests will have far more influence over proceedings - as they manage to note about halfway down over 600 delegates in total are 'fossil fuel-linked' compared to Russia's 33, and the UAE has sent more. Why not focus on them? I agree. Meanwhile, who has identified these fossil fuel lobbyists? Presumably, this information is from their declared affiliations. Can we get to see these by country and which particular fossil fuel companies are being linked to these? I suspect quite a lot of delegates have not declared their affiliations, if any. A bit more granular here: https://www.ecowatch.com/fossil-fuel-lobbyists-cop27.html As you say, someone like Exxon, Shell et al have much more clout than some of the country delegations attending. All a bit murky how this is organised and who gains what.
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