Policy
Polluting Industries Swarm COP31, Outnumber Climate-Vulnerable Nations
Health Policy Watch · By Stefan Anderson ·
The Brief
- More than 100 companies and industry groups with records of obstructing climate policy have sent delegations to the COP31 UN climate summit in Antalya.
- According to an analysis released Friday, these delegations outnumber those of some of the world's most climate-vulnerable nations.
- The analysis counts 103 such companies and industry groups.
Why it matters
It shows the scale of industry presence at a UN climate summit where climate policy is negotiated, which matters for anyone tracking how those negotiations are influenced.
Who’s affected
- climate researchers
- policy analysts following UN climate negotiations
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ANTALYA — More than 100 companies and industry groups with records of obstructing climate policy have sent delegations to the COP31 UN climate summit in Antalya that outnumber those of some of the world’s most climate-vulnerable nations, an analysis released Friday found. The 103…