Nigeria, Sept. 24 -- More than a dozen environmental advocacy groups at the United Climate Action Summit demanded that oil multinationals pay for decades of environmental pollution and called for real solutions to address the climate crisis.

The UN Climate Action Summit held at the UN headquarters in New York between September 21 and 23.

The demand came as some of the activists, disguised as hotel staff and guests, entered an oil industry-funded exclusive event attended by several oil major CEOs including those from BP, Chevron, CNPC, Eni, Equinor, Repsol, Oxy, PEMEX, Saudi Aramco, ExxonMobil, Petrobras, Shell, and Total.

At the invite-only dinner, organised by the Oil and Gas Climate Initiative (OGCI), the activists attempted to disru...