Former US vice-president and climate campaigner Al Gore has hit out at the fossil fuel
industry’s “capture” of global UN negotiations on climate change “to a disturbing
degree”.
It was “time to abandon the mistaken assumption” that oil and gas companies and
petrostates were “good faith participants” during the UN process that culminates in a
summit to be held in the United Arab Emirates this year.
Most in the sector wanted to “block and delay and prevent anything that would reduce
the sale and burning of fossil fuels”, Gore added.

Read more: ft.com

Photo: ft.com