Pascoe Sabido
@pascoesabido.bsky.social
Exposing the power of corporate lobbying in the EU for Corporate Europe Observatory @corporateeurope.bsky.social, esp around climate, but all diatribes my own.
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We need stronger rules at all levels:
🇺🇳 UN level: an Accountability Framework to address conflicts of interest
🇪🇺 EU level: turn good behaviour into a concrete conflict of interest policy
🇫🇷🇮🇹🇸🇪: Member State level: firewalls to protect policy making from fossil fuel influence
#FossilFreePolitics
🇺🇳 UN level: an Accountability Framework to address conflicts of interest
🇪🇺 EU level: turn good behaviour into a concrete conflict of interest policy
🇫🇷🇮🇹🇸🇪: Member State level: firewalls to protect policy making from fossil fuel influence
#FossilFreePolitics
November 14, 2025 at 1:45 PM
We need stronger rules at all levels:
🇺🇳 UN level: an Accountability Framework to address conflicts of interest
🇪🇺 EU level: turn good behaviour into a concrete conflict of interest policy
🇫🇷🇮🇹🇸🇪: Member State level: firewalls to protect policy making from fossil fuel influence
#FossilFreePolitics
🇺🇳 UN level: an Accountability Framework to address conflicts of interest
🇪🇺 EU level: turn good behaviour into a concrete conflict of interest policy
🇫🇷🇮🇹🇸🇪: Member State level: firewalls to protect policy making from fossil fuel influence
#FossilFreePolitics
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The worst offenders were France, Sweden and Italy
🇫🇷 22 - with five from TotalEnergies, including its CEO
🇸🇪 18 - including senior execs from E.ON
🇮🇹 12 - including Edison, who's importing US LNG
But others include 🇩🇰 (11), 🇵🇹 (8), 🇧🇪 (8), 🇫🇮 (2), 🇳🇱 (2), 🇬🇷 (1)
@recommon.org
🇫🇷 22 - with five from TotalEnergies, including its CEO
🇸🇪 18 - including senior execs from E.ON
🇮🇹 12 - including Edison, who's importing US LNG
But others include 🇩🇰 (11), 🇵🇹 (8), 🇧🇪 (8), 🇫🇮 (2), 🇳🇱 (2), 🇬🇷 (1)
@recommon.org
November 14, 2025 at 1:45 PM
The worst offenders were France, Sweden and Italy
🇫🇷 22 - with five from TotalEnergies, including its CEO
🇸🇪 18 - including senior execs from E.ON
🇮🇹 12 - including Edison, who's importing US LNG
But others include 🇩🇰 (11), 🇵🇹 (8), 🇧🇪 (8), 🇫🇮 (2), 🇳🇱 (2), 🇬🇷 (1)
@recommon.org
🇫🇷 22 - with five from TotalEnergies, including its CEO
🇸🇪 18 - including senior execs from E.ON
🇮🇹 12 - including Edison, who's importing US LNG
But others include 🇩🇰 (11), 🇵🇹 (8), 🇧🇪 (8), 🇫🇮 (2), 🇳🇱 (2), 🇬🇷 (1)
@recommon.org
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And now the not-so-good news...
🇪🇺 EU Member States brought 84 fossil fuel lobbyists into #COP30 on their official government delegations (via "part overflow" badges).
#FossilFreePolitics
#KickBigPollutersOut
fossilfreepolitics.org/news/eu-brin...
🇪🇺 EU Member States brought 84 fossil fuel lobbyists into #COP30 on their official government delegations (via "part overflow" badges).
#FossilFreePolitics
#KickBigPollutersOut
fossilfreepolitics.org/news/eu-brin...
November 14, 2025 at 1:45 PM
And now the not-so-good news...
🇪🇺 EU Member States brought 84 fossil fuel lobbyists into #COP30 on their official government delegations (via "part overflow" badges).
#FossilFreePolitics
#KickBigPollutersOut
fossilfreepolitics.org/news/eu-brin...
🇪🇺 EU Member States brought 84 fossil fuel lobbyists into #COP30 on their official government delegations (via "part overflow" badges).
#FossilFreePolitics
#KickBigPollutersOut
fossilfreepolitics.org/news/eu-brin...
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In 🇩🇪 Germany and 🇦🇹 Austria, the governments also told @fossilfreeeu.bsky.social national groups that they wouldn't bring any fossil fuel lobbyists to #COP30 - and kept their word.
Chapeau
#FossilFreePolitics
#KickBigPollutersOut
@lobbycontrol.bsky.social @global2000.bsky.social
Chapeau
#FossilFreePolitics
#KickBigPollutersOut
@lobbycontrol.bsky.social @global2000.bsky.social
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media.tenor.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:45 PM
In 🇩🇪 Germany and 🇦🇹 Austria, the governments also told @fossilfreeeu.bsky.social national groups that they wouldn't bring any fossil fuel lobbyists to #COP30 - and kept their word.
Chapeau
#FossilFreePolitics
#KickBigPollutersOut
@lobbycontrol.bsky.social @global2000.bsky.social
Chapeau
#FossilFreePolitics
#KickBigPollutersOut
@lobbycontrol.bsky.social @global2000.bsky.social
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Shall we start with the good news?
Thanks to sustained pressure from @fossilfreeeu.bsky.social, the EU brought ZERO fossil fuel lobbyists to COP30! For a second year in a row. Huge success 🔥
Now the EU needs to make this an official policy, and push others.
fossilfreepolitics.org/news/cop30-l...
Thanks to sustained pressure from @fossilfreeeu.bsky.social, the EU brought ZERO fossil fuel lobbyists to COP30! For a second year in a row. Huge success 🔥
Now the EU needs to make this an official policy, and push others.
fossilfreepolitics.org/news/cop30-l...
More than 100 organisations tell Hoekstra not to bring fossil fuel lobbyists to COP30! - Fossil Free Politics
As COP30 approaches, we're now calling on the EU's climate chief, Commissioner Wopka Hoekstra, to not bring fossil fuel lobbyists to the UN climate talks again this year, and to push member states to ...
fossilfreepolitics.org
November 14, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Shall we start with the good news?
Thanks to sustained pressure from @fossilfreeeu.bsky.social, the EU brought ZERO fossil fuel lobbyists to COP30! For a second year in a row. Huge success 🔥
Now the EU needs to make this an official policy, and push others.
fossilfreepolitics.org/news/cop30-l...
Thanks to sustained pressure from @fossilfreeeu.bsky.social, the EU brought ZERO fossil fuel lobbyists to COP30! For a second year in a row. Huge success 🔥
Now the EU needs to make this an official policy, and push others.
fossilfreepolitics.org/news/cop30-l...
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Even though COP30 in Belém has a smaller number of participants vs either Baku or Dubai... It has a higher concentration of fossil fuel lobbyists than both!
...And higher than Sharm El Sheik
...And than Glasgow
Here's our take from researcher & campaigner @pascoesabido.bsky.social
...And higher than Sharm El Sheik
...And than Glasgow
Here's our take from researcher & campaigner @pascoesabido.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Even though COP30 in Belém has a smaller number of participants vs either Baku or Dubai... It has a higher concentration of fossil fuel lobbyists than both!
...And higher than Sharm El Sheik
...And than Glasgow
Here's our take from researcher & campaigner @pascoesabido.bsky.social
...And higher than Sharm El Sheik
...And than Glasgow
Here's our take from researcher & campaigner @pascoesabido.bsky.social