Data shared exclusively with the BBC show large numbers of oil and gas lobbyists attending COP27.
At last year's summit in Glasgow, a similar analysis of official attendance lists found 503 delegates connected to fossil fuels.Global Witness says there are 200 lobbyists in national delegations. Another 436 are in trade groups, international bodies or other non-governmental organisations"COP27 looks like a fossil fuel industry trade show," said Rachel Rose Jackson, from Corporate Accountability, one of a group of campaigners who released the data.
The data shows that this year, there are more fossil fuel lobbyists than total delegates from the ten countries most impacted by climate change, including Pakistan, Bangladesh and Mozambique. He said he was here to try and influence negotiators to support the development of oil and gas in Africa. He said there were 600m people across the continent who don't have access to electricity.
But rather than being a powerful influence, Dr Ibrahim says his group and others struggle to make an impact at the highest levels. There has been a "dash for gas" recently among some African nations, keen to exploit their resources at a time of increased demand in Europe and elsewhere.
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