Dhaka, Nov. 15 -- By Professor Dr. Ahmad Kamruzzaman Majumder

More than 1,600 fossil fuel lobbyists were granted access to the climate talks at the COP30 conference in Belem. This is more than the delegations of any other country except host country Brazil. According to analysis by the Kick Big Polluters Out (KBPO) coalition, one in 25 participants at this year's UN climate conference was a fossil fuel lobbyist, raising serious questions about the credibility of the COP. This is a 12% increase on last year and the highest proportion since data collection began in 2021. The total number of fossil fuel lobbyists at COP conferences has reached 7,000 in the past five years, raising serious concerns about the credibility of climate talks in a...