Had to use a wide angle lens for this one

Sponsors for the Business Pavilion include energy companies and a bank that is the leading financier of new oil and gas in the Amazon according to @stand.earth 6/

FYI Eight East African countries clubbed together to buy a far smaller space 5/

For some countries, take a guess at where the wealth to buy the meterage came from

This is Saudi Arabia - the second biggest oil producer in the world and one of the first pavilions you pass when you walk in the door… 4/

I couldn’t find any information on what a ‘blue zone’ pavilion costs

But at COP27 Scotland paid £227,383 for its pavilion

and in the 'green zone' next door NGOs and other delegations are paying up to USD 1,500 per m² 3/

This is the pavilion for Chad

Chad was the country third hardest hit by climate change last year

Huge floods impacted impacted 2 million people and resulted in $380 million economic damage 2/

Hero! thank you!!

Not a single farm declared emissions in their planning applications, despite obligation to assess all "significant" env impacts

If all the farms were approved it could generate emissions similar to 500k return flights from London to New York

@derekseidman.bsky.social would love to send you a message about some research I'm doing- could you follow so I can DM you? Thanks so much

This industry group regularly briefs law enforcement on “extreme activities” – which it lists as everything from arson to banner drops

NGOs tracked incl. @peta.org @mightyearth.org @ciwf.org @greenpeaceusa.bsky.social @foeus.bsky.social @dxeofficial.bsky.social @humaneworldeurope.bsky.social

The attempt "to initiate a criminal investigation against politicians on a completely flimsy basis is aggressive Trumpian politics

“For the largest political group in the EP to be implicated when democracy is under attack from far right is scandalous and irresponsible" @olivierhoedeman.bsky.social