If the EU wants to show real climate leadership, it must stop giving privileged access to those blocking climate action. #FossilFreePolitics #COP30

6/ Therefore if its lobbyists can't tick the box, why should TotalEnergies be allowed to attend the UN climate talks in Brazil this November, aka COP30, which are working towards the goals of the Paris Agreement? It openly makes a mockery of the process.
#KickBigPollutersOut

5/ Now that a court has ruled that TotalEnergies' so-called "Paris-aligned" plan of being "net-zero emissions by 2050" is in fact greenwashing, and it's no longer able to claim such things, TotalEnergies is *not* "in full alignment" with "the goals and principles of the Paris Agreement"

4/ Thanks to years of hard work by the Kick Big Polluters Out campaign (which we're a member of), participants at this year's UN climate talks in Belém, Brazil, aka COP30, have to confirm if their participation is in "full alignment" with "the goal and principles of the Paris Agreement"

3/ "net-zero emissions by 2050" was the agreed goal of the Paris Agreement, signed at UN climate talks in 2015, aka COP21.

Since then, many fossil fuel companies, including Total, have adopted net zero plans while continuing with fossil fuel production, but have got away with it (until now).

2/ A three year battle by Fossil Free Politics member @amisdelaterre.org has seen the courts find French 🇫🇷 oil and gas major TotalEnergies guilty of greenwashing, in particular its narrative of reaching "net zero emissions by 20250".

www.lemonde.fr/en/environme...

2️⃣ And how the Clean Industrial Deal was created during the Antwerp Summit, when the energy-intensive industry managed to push all of their demands on the EU political agenda.

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Some highlights from the episode:

1️⃣ About the EU Energy Industry Advisory Group, created after Russia's invasion, in which the fossil fuel industry got direct access to decision makers - and public subsidies.

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[3/3] Evidence-based policy > industry’s lobbying & faux distress. Let’s not fall for it. #IndustryCrisisMyth Read our report: friendsoftheearth.eu/publication/...

[2/3] As Mirjam de Rijk highlights in @groene.nl, citing research from @somoamsterdam.bsky.social & @foeeurope.bsky.social:
💰 Companies raked in billions.
📈 Over 75% of profits went to shareholders.
🔬 Investment in their own businesses & green innovation? Barely there.

The same companies were lobbying tirelessly for billion-Euro subsidies to maintain their competitiveness and as contribution to their green transition.

The report makes it clear: the problem is not a lack of money, but their prioritisation of shareholder payouts over investment.

⚠️ Key fossil fuel facts from the report

Shell distributed 97% of their profits to shareholders, Total energies 86%, and others like Eni and BP provided payouts that exceeded their profits.

📰 www.climatechangenews.com/2025/02/20/b...

It only shows we need @fossilfreeeu.bsky.social. Also cutting subsidies for fossil fuel companies seems to me crucial too.