112 organisations have called out the European Climate Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra asking him not to bring fossil fuel lobbyists to COP29 in Baku as part of the EU delegation.
At last year's climate negotiations, COP28, the EU and its member states brought more than 130 fossil fuel lobbyists, according to research by the Kick Big Polluters Out campaign, with senior xecutives from Eni and BP, as well as ExxonMobil’s chief lobbyist in Brussels. 🤡
The letter, coordinated by the Fossil Free Politics campaign from 112 European and international organisations calls for fossil fuel lobbyists to be treated similarly to tobacco lobbyists, who are banned from the delegations of countries that have signed the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. This includes the European Commission and all EU member states.
A similar message is being passed to national-level ministers in 9 countries across Europe: members of the Fossil Free Politics coalition in Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Spain and the UK have all called on their governments to not bring fossil fuel lobbyists to COP29.
The organisations supporting this call:
A Sud Ecologia e Cooperazione
ActionAid Denmark
Amis de la Terre France / Friends of the Earth France
Andy Gheorghiu Consulting
ASEED
Attac Austria
Attac España
Attac Italy
BLOOM
CAN Europe
CCFD-Terre Solidaire
CEE Bankwatch Network
Centro di Documentazione sui Conflitti Ambientali CDCA
Christian Aid Ireland
Circolo Legambiente Gemme APS
Citizens´ Climate Europe
Clean Air Action Group
Climate Emergency UK
Climate Resistance
CNCD-11.11.11
Corporate Europe Observatory
Deutsche Umwelthilfe e.V. (DUH)
ECODES
Ecologistas en Acción
https://EconomiaCircolare.com
(pubblished by Editrice Circolare Società Cooperativa)
Eko-svest
Electra Energy
Environmental Association “Za Zemiata” – Friends of the Earth Bulgaria
Estonian Green Movement
European Environmental Bureau
Focus
Fondazione Openpolis
Food & Water Action Europe
Fossil Free Parliament
Fridays for Future Spain – Juventud por el Clima
Friends of the Earth Denmark
Friends of the Earth Europe
Friends of the Earth Ireland
Friends of the Earth Malta
Friends of the Earth Spain
Fuel Poverty Action
Fundación Renovables
GLOBAL 2000
Greenpeace European unit
Hawkmoth
INKOTA network
Isde, International Society of Doctors for Environment Italy
LDH (Ligue des droits de l’Homme)
Leave it in the Ground Initiative (LINGO)
Les Amis de la Terre – Belgique
LobbyControl e.V.
Milieudefensie / FoE Netherlands
Miljøagentene / Eco Agents
Misereor
Mothers Rise Up
Naturefriends Greece
NGO Green liberty
Notre Affaire à Tous
Observatori del Deute en la Globalització (ODG)
Re-set: platform for socio-ecological transformation
Reclaim Finance
ReCommon
Rise For Climate Belgium
Scomodo
SEAE- Sociedad Española de Agricultura Ecológica y Agroecología
SETEM Catalunya
Sherpa
Shifting Advocacy
Spire
Stowarzyszenie Ekologiczne EKO-UNIA
The Climate Reality Project Europe
The Green Fix
Tipping Point UK
Transition Crich
Transparency International EU
Transparency International France
Un Ponte Per
WeMove Europe
Wilde Ganzen
WISE Nederland
International
350 .org
Anti-Jindal & Anti-POSCO Movement (JPPSS)
ARRCC (Australian Religious Response to Climate Change)
BankTrack
Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL)
Centre for Citizens Conserving Environment & Mgt (CECIC)
Clean Energy Action
Climate Clock
Corporate Accountability
Diálogo 2000-Jubileo Sur Argentina
Earth Action, Inc.
EKOenergy ecolabel
Empower Our Future
Friends of the Earth International
Friends of the Earth US
Global Witness
Hivos
Innovation pour le Développement et la Protection de l’Environnement
Oil Change International
Pakistan Fisherfolk Forum
Pensamiento y Acción Social
SAVE MY WORLD
Sierra Club
SOMO
South Durban Community Environmental Alliance
The International Institute of Climate Action & TheoryIICAT
Transnational Institute
Transparency International
urgewald
WeSmellGas
Youth for green nature (Y4GN)
To the letter:
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Dear Sarah Chabane Your climate love has received over 50 agrees! We have reached out to Fossil Free Politics by email and requested a response. I will keep you updated on any progress! To reach more people and increase the chance of a response, click the Share button above to share the review on your social accounts. For every new member that joins We Don't Have Time from your network, we will plant a tree and attribute it to you! /Adam, We Don't Have Time
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There is no sitting at the table for the fossil fuel lobbyists until they do the right thing by quitting fossil fuel.
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That's a good call. We don't need lobbyists in cop29
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Very logic to ban fossil fuel lobbyists
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By now we all should have done away with fossil fuels as they do bring about more harm than good.
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If we’re serious about climate commitments, there’s no place for fossil fuel lobbyists at the table
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This is a strong move towards prioritizing genuine climate action. This stance reinforces the importance of transparent discussions focused on sustainable solutions for our planet's future.
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This appeal is part of a growing global push for greater transparency and accountability in climate negotiations, highlighting the need to prioritize climate solutions over vested interests in fossil fuels.
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Sweden not yet ???