{"id":60074,"date":"2021-10-23T17:35:30","date_gmt":"2021-10-23T22:35:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=60074"},"modified":"2021-10-23T17:35:30","modified_gmt":"2021-10-23T22:35:30","slug":"leaked-documents-reveal-the-fossil-fuel-and-meat-producing-countries-lobbying-against-climate-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=60074","title":{"rendered":"Leaked documents reveal the fossil fuel and meat producing countries lobbying against climate action"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"hero image\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"article-header-row row\">\n<div class=\"col-sm-12 col-md-9 col-lg-6\">\n<div class=\"hero-text main-text\">\n<h3 class=\"title-text article-h1 h3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/unearthed.greenpeace.org\/2021\/10\/21\/leaked-climate-lobbying-ipcc-glasgow\/\">Leaked documents reveal the fossil fuel and meat producing countries lobbying against climate action<\/a><\/h3>\n<p class=\"standfirst selectionShareable\"><strong>Files show how Brazil, Argentina, Australia, Japan, Saudi Arabia and OPEC have pressed to water down a key UN scientific report.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"article-header-row row\">\n<div class=\"col-sm-12 col-md-8 col-lg-6\">\n<div class=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"social-share track\">\n<div class=\"inner\">Some of the world\u2019s biggest coal, oil, beef and animal feed-producing nations are attempting to strip a landmark UN climate report of findings that threaten those domestic economic interests, a major leak of documents seen by <i>Unearthed<\/i>\u00a0has revealed.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"container main-content\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-sm-12 col-md-8 col-lg-6 primary-content\">\n<p class=\"selectionShareable\">The revelations \u2013 which show how this small clutch of nations is attempting to water-down the International Panel on Climate Change\u2019s (IPCC) major upcoming assessment of the world\u2019s options for limiting global warming \u2013 come just days before the start of crucial international climate negotiations in Glasgow.<\/p>\n<p class=\"selectionShareable\">They come from a leak of tens of thousands of comments by governments, corporations, academics and others on the draft report of the IPCC\u2019s \u2018Working Group III\u2019 \u2013 an international team of experts that is assessing humanity\u2019s remaining options for curbing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions or removing them from the atmosphere.<\/p>\n<p class=\"selectionShareable\">The documents passed to\u00a0<i>Unearthed\u00a0<\/i>show how fossil fuel producers including Australia, Saudi Arabia and the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), are lobbying the IPCC \u2013 the world\u2019s leading authority on climate change \u2013 to remove or weaken a key conclusion that the world needs to rapidly phase out fossil fuels.<\/p>\n<p class=\"selectionShareable\">In one comment seen by\u00a0<i>Unearthed<\/i>, a senior Australian government official rejected the largely uncontroversial conclusion that one of the most important steps to reduce greenhouse gas emissions was to phase out coal-fired power stations.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"selectionShareable\">Phrases like \u2018the need for urgent and accelerated mitigation actions at all scales\u2019 should be eliminated<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"selectionShareable\">Meanwhile, Brazil and Argentina, two of the world\u2019s biggest producers of beef and animal feed, have been pressing to delete messages about the climate benefits of promoting \u2018plant-based\u2019 diets and of curbing meat and dairy consumption.<\/p>\n<p>\u2026click on the above link to read the rest of the article\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leaked documents reveal the fossil fuel and meat producing countries lobbying against climate action Files show how Brazil, Argentina, Australia, Japan, Saudi Arabia and OPEC have pressed to water down a key UN scientific report.\u00a0 Some of the world\u2019s biggest coal, oil, beef and animal feed-producing nations are attempting to strip a landmark UN climate 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