You are warmly invite to join CEO’s guided tour through the Bella Center, where the UN climate summit takes place: Wednesday 16 December, starting at 14.00 h sharp. During the tour we will introduce you to examples of the corporate lobby groups present at the summit and their efforts to undermine effective government action against climate change.
If you would like to join this tour, send an email with your name and contact details to: ceo@corporateeurope.org
Public funds used to lobby for fossil fuel in Copenhagen
The Zero Emissions Platform (ZEP) – an EU-based fossil fuel industry group funded, in part, by the European tax payer – is in Copenhagen to promote the role of Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) in an agreement on climate change. CEO’s new report looks at how ZEP – originally an advisory group on EU research funding – has used public money to lobby for subsidies in the EU – and how it is pushing for support on an international scale.
Read the new report here:
Blogging from Copenhagen and Brussels:
Old polluting companies push like crazy for CCS
CEO asks inconvenient questions to fossile fuel lobbyists from the Zero Emissions Platform (ZEP):
Read more here: http://climatecrashers.blogspot.com/2009/12/old-polluting-companies-push-like-crazy.html
Counting the lobbyists at the climate talks
There are thousands of business lobbyists at the UN climate talks in Copenhagen, but the biggest group once again appears to be the International Emissions Trading Association (IETA).
Read more here: http://www.corporateeurope.org/climate-and-energy/blog/helen/2009/12/12/counting-lobbyists
EU citizens suspect corruption in EU institutions, Wenig escapes sanctions
According to a new Eurobarometer poll, a shocking 76% of EU citizens agree “there is corruption within the institutions of the European Union”, up from 66% in 2007. Whether these fears are justified or not, the Commission does not exactly have its house in order yet when it comes to avoiding conflicts of interest. The need for change was underlined very clearly when earlier this month, the European Voice reported the bizarre news that former Commission official Fritz-Harald Wenig was found guilty, but will not suffer any consequences for highly unethical behaviour.
