Open letter calling for rules to protect the integrity of climate policy-making from vested corporate interests

A coalition of civil society organisations calls for the UNFCCC to implement formal rules to prevent the fossil fuel industry and major polluters from influencing climate policy. The letter highlights the problematic presence of corporate partners and coal industry lobbyists at COP19 in Warsaw, arguing that their commercial interests are irreconcilable with ambitious climate action. The authors suggest following the World Health Organisation's model for excluding the tobacco industry from public health policy-making.

• The 19th Conference of the Parties (COP19) in Warsaw is criticised for integrating corporate partners from the fossil fuel industry and other major polluters, including PGE, Alstom, LOTOS, ArcelorMittal, BMW, General Motors, and Emirates Airlines.
• The Polish government's Ministry of Economy collaborated with the World Coal Association to host an "International Coal and Climate Summit", which the authors claim falsely presents coal as a solution to climate change and development.
• The authors argue that the commercial interests of polluting industries are fundamentally incompatible with the need for equitable and ambitious climate policy, necessitating rules to end their undue access and influence within the UNFCCC.
• The letter describes the UN Global Compact's "Guide for Responsible Corporate Engagement in Climate Policy" as having voluntary guidelines that are "woefully inadequate" given the scale of the climate emergency.
• The document proposes that the UNFCCC adopt a policy similar to the WHO's Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), which legally establishes that the tobacco industry has no role in public health policy-making due to conflicting interests.

APA

Carbon Market Watch (2013). Open letter calling for rules to protect the integrity of climate policy-making from vested corporate interests. https://carbonmarketwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Open-letter-to-protect-climate-policy-from-vested-interests_21-Nov-2013.pdf

Chicago

Carbon Market Watch. Open letter calling for rules to protect the integrity of climate policy-making from vested corporate interests. 2013. https://carbonmarketwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Open-letter-to-protect-climate-policy-from-vested-interests_21-Nov-2013.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{carbonmarketwatch2013open, author = {{Carbon Market Watch}}, title = {{Open letter calling for rules to protect the integrity of climate policy-making from vested corporate interests}}, publisher = {Carbon Market Watch}, year = {2013}, month = nov, url = {https://carbonmarketwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Open-letter-to-protect-climate-policy-from-vested-interests_21-Nov-2013.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }