2025 COP30 Climate Summit

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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

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.