The group, which reportedly has UAE state backing, is leading the race to buy the British newspaper.

The influential newspaper featured ten opinion writers with links to the UK’s main climate science denial group.

Left unaddressed, the warping of our collective consciousness by fossil industry propaganda will make it impossible to achieve the civilisation level transformation required for life as we know it to survive the 21st century.

Here’s DeSmog’s take on what to expect at this year’s climate summit, from Big Oil’s influence, to a new Big Ag agenda, to promotion of sketchy solutions that would keep oil and gas burning for decades to come.