Welcome to episode 5! Today we speak to Barnaby Pace at Global Witness about the real world impacts of fossil fuel information and influence campaigns, spotlighting in particular last year's global climate negotiations, COP27.

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Thanks to our guest today, Barnaby Pace! Find him on twitter at twitter.com/barnabypace

References

Global Witness's report on fossil fuel lobbyists at COP27 https://www.globalwitness.org/en/press-releases/over-100-more-fossil-fuel-lobbyists-last-year-flooding-crucial-cop-climate-talks/

Natural gas enters EU taxonomy as potentially green energy https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20220701IPR34365/taxonomy-meps-do-not-object-to-inclusion-of-gas-and-nuclear-activities

A Crack In The Shell report https://www.ciel.org/reports/a-crack-in-the-shell/

Head of UAE state oil company named as president of COP28 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-64269436

Fossil Free Politics coalition https://www.fossilfreepolitics.org/

Conflict of interest background at COP27 from Corporate Accountability https://corporateaccountability.org/resources/primer-conflicts-of-interest-at-the-unfccc/

Conflict of interest background in European Parliament from Corporate Europe Observatory https://corporateeurope.org/sites/default/files/new_code_old_conduct_report.pdf

Climate town videos https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuVLG9pThvBABcYCm7pkNkA