Ahead of the meeting al-Jaber faced accusations that the UAE planned to use the summit to strike oil deals, and during COP28 he appeared to let the greenwashing mask slip and indulge in denial of climate science. [...] Money matters The power of the fossil fuel industry was reflected in the presence Ahead of the summit, states struck a deal on the fund to of at least 2,456 fossil fuel lobbyists at COP28, many as part of compensate global south countries for the loss and damage state delegations – an almost fourfold increase on the previous caused by climate change, agreed in principle at COP27. [...] One of the most alarming current trends is the growing It is active on the frontlines of resistance against extraction, in criminalisation of climate activists in global north countries that protests and direct action and in national-level and transnational are home to vibrant protest movements. [...] peaceful protest is fundamental to democracy, and many The UK legal system is allowing big polluting companies, of the freedoms and rights we cherish were won and such as oil giant Valero, to buy the law in the form of high defended through peaceful protest. [...] Tortuguita had been Just Stop Oil, UK camping in the forest to protest against the development, which on top of having environmental impacts represents Criminalisation and top-down political vilification of climate an extension of police presence in a predominantly Black activists have come at the same time as the government and low-income area.
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