Cop30, run by the UN, is the world's largest global conference to fight climate change.
So why is the UN allowing lobbyists for giant corporations - including for Big Agriculture and fossil fuels - to participate and impede negotiations?Sign the petition to demand the UN permanently ban these lobbyists from participating in, influencing, or otherwise being involved in any and all climate talks in the future!The UN has released its provisional list of delegates attending the conference. Upwards of 300 people who will be attending are lobbyists for factory farms, fertilizer producers, and other big agriculture corporations. Meat and dairy lobbyists made up the largest proportion.
Research has continually shown that
the agricultural industry is to blame for around 1/4 to 1/3 of all emissions in the world, and the 45 biggest meat- and dairy-producing companies combined emit around
as many greenhouse gases as the country of Saudi Arabia.These UN climate conferences are supposed to be places where world leaders and civil society representatives come together to protect our collective, global future. Why would it ever allow lobbyists from the very companies that are destroying our planet and our health?
These are the very same industries that are hurting us right now and actively trying to block us from making life-saving improvements to our world. These corporations are not on our side! We cannot allow short-sighted profit to ruin our world any further!
Luckily, we're not alone in our outrage and bewilderment.
Activists from around the world are calling for the UN to ban lobbyists with both the fossil fuel industry and "Big Ag" from all future climate summits. We must amplify this call! Sign the petition!