Hundreds of industrial agriculture lobbyists attend UN climate talks
“More than 300 agribusiness lobbyists occupy the space at COP30 that should belong to the forest peoples. While they talk about energy transition, they release oil into the Amazon basin and privatize rivers like the Tapajos for soy. For us, this is not development; it is violence,” said Vandria Borari of the Borari Kuximawara Indigenous Association in the Lower-Tapajos region of Pará, Brazil.
The conference, held in Belém — known as the Metropolis of the Brazilian Amazon — saw the number of agriculture lobbyists rise by 14% compared with last year. These representatives came from industrial cattle farming, commodity grains, and pesticide sectors.
The lobbying delegation even outnumbered Canada’s official contingent of 220 delegates, according to a joint investigation by DeSmog and other outlets. Around one in four major agriculture lobbyists were members of official country delegations, with six granted privileged access to UN negotiations where countries are expected to discuss policies aimed at preventing global climate catastrophe.
Scientists warn that agriculture contributes between a quarter and a third of global emissions, and achieving the goals of the 2015 Paris Agreement will be impossible without fundamental changes to how the sector operates.
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