Maps

DeSmog’s unique maps offer a visual insight into the densely connected webs of individuals and groups blocking vital efforts to limit climate change. Conflicts of interest — from financial flows to revolving doors and cozy industry ties — are revealed here in all their complex detail.

From Donald Trump’s transatlantic network, to the agribusiness interests turning up at climate and biodiversity summits, our maps expose at a glance the influence and power of these connections.

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Mapped: Big Ag’s Routes to Influence at COP28

By Rachel Sherrington, Clare Carlile and Hazel Healy

onDec 1, 2023 @ 10:42 PST

From ‘innovation sprints’ to spritzers, polluting agri-giants have so many ways to influence climate outcomes.

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Mapped: The Ad Agencies Behind a French Oil Giant’s Ill-Fated Rebrand

ByTJ Jordan and Kathryn Clare

onOct 27, 2025 @ 23:00 PDT

DeSmog maps the nine advertising agencies involved in a 2021 rebrand by the French oil giant TotalEnergies, parts of which were ruled to have misled consumers with inflated climate claims in the first court judgment against the fossil fuel industry’s net zero narrative.

Series: Holding the Advertising and Public Relations Industry Accountable for Greenwash and Climate Misinformation

Series: Advertising & PR Industry

Mapped: The Team of Ad Agencies Working To Polish Saudi Aramco's Corporate Image

ByKathryn Clare and TJ Jordan

onAug 25, 2025 @ 21:01 PDT

DeSmog investigation reveals that up to 200 staff from 15 Interpublic Group agencies work for the oil giant.

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us/Mapped: 70 Percent of Trump’s Cabinet Tied to Project 2025 Groups

ByJoe Fassler

onJun 2, 2025 @ 09:30 PDT

More than 50 high-level Trump administration officials have links to groups behind the Heritage Foundation-backed plan, a DeSmog analysis found.

Series: Inside MAGA’s Global Climate Agenda

Series: MAGA

Mapped: Poilievre's Inner Circle of Lobbyists and Right-wing Activists

ByGeoff Dembicki

onMar 25, 2025 @ 13:23 PDT

New DeSmog map shows how the leader of Canada's Conservative Party is linked to Koch Industries, Elon Musk, and former prime minister Stephen Harper.

Series: Inside MAGA’s Global Climate Agenda

Series: MAGA

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uk/Mapped: Advertising & PR Industry Contracts, 2020-2024

ByKathryn Clare and Cartie Werthman

onFeb 10, 2025 @ 16:04 PST

This interactive map shows some of the most significant deals between the “Big Six” communications giants — Dentsu, Havas, Omnicom, Interpublic Group (currently being acquired by Omnicom), Publicis Groupe, and WPP — with fossil fuel clients. It was published as part of DeSmog's analysis of how ad firms greenwash themselves.

Series: Holding the Advertising and Public Relations Industry Accountable for Greenwash and Climate Misinformation

Series: Advertising & PR Industry

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uk/Mapped: Donald Trump’s Transatlantic Anti-Green Network

ByAdam Barnett

onJan 21, 2025 @ 04:33 PST

Politicians, donors, think tanks, and media outlets in the UK and U.S. are working increasingly closely to scupper climate policies and promote fossil fuel extraction.

Series: Inside MAGA’s Global Climate Agenda

Series: MAGA