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Press Release | November 15, 2024

Fossil fuel lobbyists eclipse delegations from most climate-vulnerable nations at COP29 climate talks

Fossil fuel industry influx at COP29 escalates calls to protect talks from Big Polluters

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Top stories

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COP29 is for oil deals

An undercover investigation reveals how the Azerbaijani petrostate used its position as host of COP29 to facilitate discussion of new fossil fuel deals at the annual UN climate conference
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Hundreds of thousands in COP29 host country at risk from gas flaring pollution

Over 840,000 people in COP29 host country Azerbaijan live dangerously close to gas flaring pollution, new Global Witness analysis indicates

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Time to pay up: Make Big Oil fund climate loss and damage

Fossil fuel companies, not regular people, should be the ones to pay for worsening loss and damage costs caused by the climate crisis
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“We’re going to keep fighting and you are all welcome to join us”: When Brazil floods, Indigenous Peoples fight to save way of life

An Indigenous Brazilian calls for loss and damage funds to go directly to climate-affected communities, after a slow state aid response to Brazil's fatal floods

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Latest Investigations

Press Release | November 15, 2024
Fossil fuel lobbyists eclipse delegations from most climate-vulnerable nations at COP29 climate talks
Article | November 14, 2024
Hundreds of thousands in COP29 host country at risk from gas flaring pollution
Article | November 13, 2024
“We did not cause this”: Houston community members support each other through climate crisis
Article | November 13, 2024
“Mother Nature is my business partner. Sometimes she just says no”: UK farmer fears wipeout from severe floods amid climate crisis
Article | November 13, 2024
“We’re going to keep fighting and you are all welcome to join us”: When Brazil floods, Indigenous Peoples fight to save way of life
Article | November 13, 2024
Time to pay up: Make Big Oil fund climate loss and damage
Article | November 10, 2024
Azerbaijan state oil firm trebles deals in year Baku hosts COP29
Article | November 08, 2024
COP29 is for oil deals

Long Read | July 24, 2024

Annual report 2023: Challenging polluters, championing people

Marking three decades of protecting people and planet

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