2025 COP30 Climate Summit

About the Series

It’s just 10 years since the landmark Paris Agreement, but international climate commitments have begun to erode. At a pivotal moment for both climate action and the multilateral process, DeSmog covers the influence at COP30 of Big Oil and Big Ag โ€” meat, dairy, agrochemicals โ€” along with the advertising and public relations agencies working for them. They’re sending thousands of lobbyists to Belรฉm to ward off binding measures for a quick global transition to low-carbon energy and agriculture, which is critical to slow the accelerating climate crisis.

In This Series

Analysis
onNov 21, 2025 @ 16:13 PST

Corporate pledges to fight deforestation by turning degraded pasture into cropland seen boosting demand for harmful chemical inputs.

Corporate pledges to fight deforestation by turning degraded pasture into cropland seen boosting demand for harmful chemical inputs.

As the New York-based firm was preparing to work on the climate summit, it was also pushing for Brazilian oil and gas distributor Vibra Energia to help power it.

As the New York-based firm was preparing to work on the climate summit, it was also pushing for Brazilian oil and gas distributor Vibra Energia to help power it.
onNov 20, 2025 @ 16:02 PST

Trade groups lobbied ministers to promote a source of energy linked to massive environmental harms at the U.N. climate conference.

Trade groups lobbied ministers to promote a source of energy linked to massive environmental harms at the U.N. climate conference.
Analysis

Agribusiness companies generate huge quantities of greenhouse gas pollution โ€” and PR companies help them obscure it.

Agribusiness companies generate huge quantities of greenhouse gas pollution โ€” and PR companies help them obscure it.
onNov 19, 2025 @ 07:43 PST

Several senior staff members have gained entry without disclosing their real employer.

Several senior staff members have gained entry without disclosing their real employer.
onNov 18, 2025 @ 00:00 PST

Presence of high-polluting companies erodes trust in the UN process, say campaigners.

Presence of high-polluting companies erodes trust in the UN process, say campaigners.

Doctors and models extol the virtues of meat as climate impacts of industrial farming face scrutiny at COP30 โ€” the global climate summit.

Doctors and models extol the virtues of meat as climate impacts of industrial farming face scrutiny at COP30 โ€” the global climate summit.
onNov 14, 2025 @ 07:04 PST

Their access to the summit is proof that Big Oil still holds "a dangerous sway" over the climate process, campaigners say.

Their access to the summit is proof that Big Oil still holds "a dangerous sway" over the climate process, campaigners say.
onNov 13, 2025 @ 21:01 PST

Delegationโ€™s composition consistent with new KBPO report revealingย this yearโ€™s U.N. climate talks have the largest number of fossil fuel lobbyists to date.

Delegationโ€™s composition consistent with new KBPO report revealingย this yearโ€™s U.N. climate talks have the largest number of fossil fuel lobbyists to date.
onNov 13, 2025 @ 06:22 PST

Labour government accused of being โ€œcomplicit in the fossil fuel industryโ€™s conquest of the COP processโ€.

Labour government accused of being โ€œcomplicit in the fossil fuel industryโ€™s conquest of the COP processโ€.
onNov 11, 2025 @ 06:27 PST

Register to watch on-the-ground coverageย from our team at theย COP30 climate talks in Belรฉm, Brazil.

Register to watch on-the-ground coverageย from our team at theย COP30 climate talks in Belรฉm, Brazil.
onNov 10, 2025 @ 13:42 PST

A summit billed as the last chance to revive global climate action faces unprecedented pressure from the food sectorโ€™s largest emitters.

A summit billed as the last chance to revive global climate action faces unprecedented pressure from the food sectorโ€™s largest emitters.

Organisers offered pesticide giants and agribusiness lobby group โ€œvisibilityโ€ and โ€œimage gainโ€ in return for financial contributions to climate summit's Agrizone.

Organisers offered pesticide giants and agribusiness lobby group โ€œvisibilityโ€ and โ€œimage gainโ€ in return for financial contributions to climate summit's Agrizone.
onNov 10, 2025 @ 08:12 PST

Proposed changes to the GHG Protocol would lead to double counting of carbon reductions in the livestock sector, experts say.

Proposed changes to the GHG Protocol would lead to double counting of carbon reductions in the livestock sector, experts say.
onNov 8, 2025 @ 01:51 PST

Space devoted to promoting flights, cruises, SUVs, and the oil industry dwarfed the column inches given to last year's U.N. climate summit, study finds.

Space devoted to promoting flights, cruises, SUVs, and the oil industry dwarfed the column inches given to last year's U.N. climate summit, study finds.
onNov 7, 2025 @ 07:34 PST

British-owned ad agency VML used "halo effect" of clean energy to build brand awareness that increased fuel sales, documents show.

British-owned ad agency VML used "halo effect" of clean energy to build brand awareness that increased fuel sales, documents show.
onNov 7, 2025 @ 04:35 PST

The tech giant was in Rio de Janeiro hawking AI software to fossil fuel firms just days before crucial climate crisis negotiations in the Amazon.

The tech giant was in Rio de Janeiro hawking AI software to fossil fuel firms just days before crucial climate crisis negotiations in the Amazon.
Opinion
onNov 6, 2025 @ 06:01 PST

With the COP30 climate talks about to open in Brazil, why are agencies failing to reckon with their role in the crisis?

With the COP30 climate talks about to open in Brazil, why are agencies failing to reckon with their role in the crisis?
onNov 3, 2025 @ 12:59 PST

The agency โ€” LLYC Brasil โ€” promoted the upcoming Earthshot Prize ceremony in Rio de Janeiro while under contract to oil giant Petrobras.

The agency โ€” LLYC Brasil โ€” promoted the upcoming Earthshot Prize ceremony in Rio de Janeiro while under contract to oil giant Petrobras.
onNov 3, 2025 @ 07:59 PST

Empresas de alimentos e do agronegรณcio vรฃo se apresentar como soluรงรฃo para a crise climรกtica na cรบpula no Brasil โ€” embora os alimentos sejam responsรกveis por um terรงo do aquecimento global.

Empresas de alimentos e do agronegรณcio vรฃo se apresentar como soluรงรฃo para a crise climรกtica na cรบpula no Brasil โ€” embora os alimentos sejam responsรกveis por um terรงo do aquecimento global.
onNov 3, 2025 @ 02:00 PST

With Brazil about to host COP30, DeSmog has obtained copies of checks Exxon mailed to the right-wing Atlas Network in the 1990s to turn Latin America against climate treaties.

With Brazil about to host COP30, DeSmog has obtained copies of checks Exxon mailed to the right-wing Atlas Network in the 1990s to turn Latin America against climate treaties.
Analysis
onOct 26, 2025 @ 12:06 PDT

Food and farming companies will claim agriculture is the solution to the climate crisis at the Brazil summit โ€” even though the sector drives a third of global warming.

Food and farming companies will claim agriculture is the solution to the climate crisis at the Brazil summit โ€” even though the sector drives a third of global warming.