Anti-fossil fuel activists denounce the power of oil companies at the UN climate change summit

Ecologist Harjit Singh joins us to analyze the evolution of the top of the world United nations on climate change in Dubai, where lobbyists from fossil fuel companies outnumber delegations from many countries. “It is very difficult to see how the fossil fuel lobby is controlling these conversations about the climate crisis,” Singh states, noting that the fears that environmental organizations have always had of industry taking over the world’s most important summit. Managing the world’s climate crisis appears to be becoming a reality. . “We can’t let the fossil fuel industry determine what happens here,” Singh warns, noting that financial interests continue to divert political energy that should be focused on decarbonization. Singh is Director of Global Policy Strategy at the Climate Action Network and works on the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty, a global initiative to phase out fossil fuels and support a just transition.

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