Our Letter to COP30: Edelman Must Drop Fossil Fuels

A group of creators and experts argues that Edelman's simultaneous representation of COP30 hosts and at least 10 fossil fuel polluters, including Shell, creates a conflict of interest that threatens the integrity of climate communications. The signers call on UN leaders and the Brazilian government to ensure COP30 updates are untainted by oil industry influence, suggesting Brazil should terminate its relationship with Edelman if the firm does not drop its fossil fuel clients.

• The PR firm Edelman is accused of a conflict of interest because it is contracted to work with the hosts of COP30 while simultaneously representing at least 10 fossil fuel polluters.
• A specific leader within Edelman in Brazil is reportedly managing communications for both Shell and COP30 concurrently.
• The authors assert that PR agencies assisting fossil fuel companies contribute to a misinformation crisis that risks halting climate progress.

APA

Afshar, A. J., Ali, B. I., Alvarez, J., Avila, C., Barber, A., Bash, L., Bender, R., Bennett, A., Berners-Lee, M., Bloom, S., Blunnie, C., Breon, A., Cabrera, C., Chikodzo, T., Cochran, C., Cohen, R., Conboy, A., Craven, J., DeLoretto-Chudy, S., ... Wood, A. (n.d.). Our Letter to COP30: Edelman Must Drop Fossil Fuels. Clean Creatives. https://cleancreatives.org/edelman-creators

Chicago

Afshar, Ariana Jasmine, Blair Imani Ali, Jorge Alvarez, Celia Avila, Alyssa Barber, Lauren Bash, Rachel Bender, et al. Our Letter to COP30: Edelman Must Drop Fossil Fuels. Clean Creatives, n.d. https://cleancreatives.org/edelman-creators.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{afsharndour, author = {Afshar, Ariana Jasmine and Ali, Blair Imani and Alvarez, Jorge and Avila, Celia and Barber, Alyssa and Bash, Lauren and Bender, Rachel and Bennett, Allie and Berners-Lee, Mike and Bloom, Syanne and Blunnie, Caitlin and Breon, Autumn and Cabrera, Carissa and Chikodzo, Trust and Cochran, Colleen and Cohen, Rachel and Conboy, Andrew and Craven, Jess and DeLoretto-Chudy, Sophia and Dronkers, AJ and Drutman, Kristy and Elety, Niha and Elm, Ariella and Frost, Oli and Gilbert, Ella and Gladston, Issey and Glavan, Kate and Gomez, Alejandra and Gregory, Tolmeia and Hall, Robert and Hammett, Victoria and Hinkley, Alexis and Hogan, Clover and Houston, Elizabeth Booker and James, Cam and Jelkovsky, Mary and Jenkins, Kestrel and Jones, Raeon and Jubelirer, Daniel and Katz, Sabs and Kemp, Emma and Lambert, Suzanne and Leung, Abigail and Lincoln, Jennifer and Loach, Mikaela and Longdon, Joycelyn and Mafaher, Yeganeh and Margarethe, Mckenzie and Martin, Gina and Mckenzie-Jackson, Elijah and Méndez, Galilea and Meyer-Harley, Lindsay and Mezzatesta, Michael and Mirza, Saadia and Nesel, Rebecca and Neubauer, Luisa and Nganga, Jackie and Oliver, Julie and Pabon, John and Patil, Bodhi and Phillips, Olivia and Pugh, Gwilym and Qiyun and Rae, Mandy and Rashid, Qasim and Reade, Randall and Richards, Abbie and Rogers, Laura Saldarriaga and Salazar, Sylvia and Sam, Birdie and Sanchez, Miranda and Schwam-Curtis, Raven and Sena, Julia “JEWLIEAH” and Simon, Jacob and Sinder, Daniella and Skyy, Brittany and Thayer, Hazel and Tsui, Tori and Wentworh, Slade and Whittle, Nicole and Wiles, Sara and Willow, Francesca and Wood, Alaina}, title = {{Our Letter to COP30: Edelman Must Drop Fossil Fuels}}, publisher = {Clean Creatives}, url = {https://cleancreatives.org/edelman-creators}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }