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Attendees line up to get into the COP30, the U.N. climate summit, on Monday, Nov. 10, 2025 in Belém, Brazil. (Credit: AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
us/US Oil Executives Flock to COP30
By Phoebe Cooke
on
Their access to the summit is proof that Big Oil still holds "a dangerous sway" over the climate process, campaigners say.
Sponsors of the COP30 Agrizone event venue have paid at least £625,000 for branding, private negotiation rooms, the right to host events, and speaking slots in climate debates. (Credit: Greenpeace)
Brazil’s COP30 Agriculture Sponsors Linked to Deforestation and Land Conflict
By Naira Hofmeister and Lucy Jordan, Unearthed
on
Organisers offered pesticide giants and agribusiness lobby group “visibility” and “image gain” in return for financial contributions to climate summit's Agrizone.
The Daily Telegraph front page. Credit: Steven May / Alamy
uk/The Telegraph’s Record of Climate Falsehoods
By Sam Bright
on
The newspaper has been scolding the BBC for its editorial failings, while issuing a string of climate corrections.
Lord Frost, director-general of the Institute of Economic Affairs. A DeSmog collage. Credit: Ravi Kotecha / Wikimedia Commons (55 Tufton Street, CC BY-SA 2.0); Simon Dawson / No 10 Downing Street (Lord Frost, CC-BY-2.0)
uk/New IEA Boss Lord Frost’s Record of Climate Science Denial
By Adam Barnett
on
The former Brexit negotiator runs an “educational” charity while denying climate facts.
A DeSmog collage. The Institute of Economic Affairs has its headquarters on Lord North Street, Westminster. Credit: Des Blenkinsopp (CC BY-SA 2.0)
uk/Charity Commission Demands More Transparency and Neutrality from IEA
By Sam Bright
on
The regulator’s findings came a day before the Tufton Street group appointed a climate denial peer as its new boss.
Left, academic and climate crisis denier Bjorn Lomborg in black speaks onstage at the ARC Forum. Right, a close-up of billionaire Bill Gates, smiling, looks left and holds his hands in fists.
Bill Gates Gave $3.5M to Think Tank Run by Climate Crisis Denier Bjorn Lomborg 
By Rei Takver
on
Tax records reveal that the billionaire’s foundation has donated for years to Lomborg’s Copenhagen Consensus Center.
The aftermath of flooding in Valencia, Spain, in October and November 2024. Credit: Pacopac (CC BY-SA 4.0)
‘Deluge’ of Disinformation on TikTok and YouTube Following Historic Flood
By Joey Grostern
on
Falsehoods about the flooding in Valencia last year were seen by millions on social media, new research finds.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer hosts U.S. President Donald Trump for a state visit in September 2025. Credit: Simon Dawson / No 10 Downing Street (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)
uk/Labour’s Big Tech Love Affair Could Blow Up Its Climate Promises
By Rei Takver
on
The government has signed vast deals with gas-loving, Trump-donating AI giants.
(Credit: Sari Williams)
us/‘A Pretty Ugly History’: How Exxon Exported Climate Denial to the Global South
By Geoff Dembicki
on
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.
Labour MP Graham Stringer. Credit: Sky News / X
uk/The Labour MP Rubbing Shoulders With the Far-Right
By Joey Grostern and Sam Bright
on
Labour under fire for failing to discipline Graham Stringer.

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us/US Oil Executives Flock to COP30
ByPhoebe Cooke
on
Their access to the summit is proof that Big Oil still holds "a dangerous sway" over the climate process, campaigners say.
Series: COP30 Coverage
Attendees line up to get into the COP30, the U.N. climate summit, on Monday, Nov. 10, 2025 in Belém, Brazil. (Credit: AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
Brazil’s COP30 Agriculture Sponsors Linked to Deforestation and Land Conflict
ByNaira Hofmeister and Lucy Jordan, Unearthed
on
Organisers offered pesticide giants and agribusiness lobby group “visibility” and “image gain” in return for financial contributions to climate summit's Agrizone.
Series: COP30 Coverage, Big Ag's Climate Push
Sponsors of the COP30 Agrizone event venue have paid at least £625,000 for branding, private negotiation rooms, the right to host events, and speaking slots in climate debates. (Credit: Greenpeace)
uk/The Telegraph’s Record of Climate Falsehoods
BySam Bright
on
The newspaper has been scolding the BBC for its editorial failings, while issuing a string of climate corrections.
The Daily Telegraph front page. Credit: Steven May / Alamy
uk/New IEA Boss Lord Frost’s Record of Climate Science Denial
ByAdam Barnett
on
The former Brexit negotiator runs an “educational” charity while denying climate facts.
Lord Frost, director-general of the Institute of Economic Affairs. A DeSmog collage. Credit: Ravi Kotecha / Wikimedia Commons (55 Tufton Street, CC BY-SA 2.0); Simon Dawson / No 10 Downing Street (Lord Frost, CC-BY-2.0)
uk/Charity Commission Demands More Transparency and Neutrality from IEA
BySam Bright
on
The regulator’s findings came a day before the Tufton Street group appointed a climate denial peer as its new boss.
Series: Defending-UK-Democracy
A DeSmog collage. The Institute of Economic Affairs has its headquarters on Lord North Street, Westminster. Credit: Des Blenkinsopp (CC BY-SA 2.0)
Bill Gates Gave $3.5M to Think Tank Run by Climate Crisis Denier Bjorn Lomborg 
ByRei Takver
on
Tax records reveal that the billionaire’s foundation has donated for years to Lomborg’s Copenhagen Consensus Center.
Series: Tech vs Climate
Left, academic and climate crisis denier Bjorn Lomborg in black speaks onstage at the ARC Forum. Right, a close-up of billionaire Bill Gates, smiling, looks left and holds his hands in fists.
‘Deluge’ of Disinformation on TikTok and YouTube Following Historic Flood
ByJoey Grostern
on
Falsehoods about the flooding in Valencia last year were seen by millions on social media, new research finds.
Series: Tech vs Climate
The aftermath of flooding in Valencia, Spain, in October and November 2024. Credit: Pacopac (CC BY-SA 4.0)
uk/Labour’s Big Tech Love Affair Could Blow Up Its Climate Promises
ByRei Takver
on
The government has signed vast deals with gas-loving, Trump-donating AI giants.
Series: Tech vs Climate
Prime Minister Keir Starmer hosts U.S. President Donald Trump for a state visit in September 2025. Credit: Simon Dawson / No 10 Downing Street (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)
us/‘A Pretty Ugly History’: How Exxon Exported Climate Denial to the Global South
ByGeoff Dembicki
on
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.
Series: COP30 Coverage
(Credit: Sari Williams)
uk/The Labour MP Rubbing Shoulders With the Far-Right
ByJoey Grostern and Sam Bright
on
Labour under fire for failing to discipline Graham Stringer.
Labour MP Graham Stringer. Credit: Sky News / X