France, Nov. 14 -- Kick the Big Polluters Out, a coalition of 450 NGOs, saysoverall attendance at Cop30 sits at 56,118 as of 10 November - and 1,603 of these attendees have links to the oil and gas industry.

The coalition says that while the total is lower than at some past summits, the concentration inside the talks is at its highest point.

It added that this count has risen sharply since it recorded 500 attendees with fossil fuel ties at the Glasgow summit five years ago.This rise has continued even as pressure builds for a shift away from fossil fuels.

The group of lobbyists in Belem is bigger than almost every national delegation. Brazil is the only country with a larger presence, at 3,805 people. China follows with 674, then Niger...