El cabildeo de Anglo American a favor de energías sucias y falsas soluciones para el clima

The report denounces Anglo American for using its privileged access to governments and the UNFCCC to undermine genuine climate action in favor of 'false solutions' like carbon markets and carbon capture. It highlights the severe social and environmental impacts of the El Cerrejón coal mine in Colombia, including water scarcity and the displacement of indigenous and Afro-Colombian communities. The document argues that corporate capture of international climate negotiations prevents the addressing of systemic causes of climate change and calls for the complete removal of corporate influence from climate policy-making.

• Anglo American and its partners operate El Cerrejón in La Guajira, Colombia, one of the world's largest open-pit coal mines, which has caused extensive social and environmental destruction, including the displacement of Indigenous, Afro-Colombian, and peasant communities by the national army.
• The El Cerrejón mine consumes approximately 17 million liters of water per day, while local residents in Alta Guajira consume only 0.7 liters per day, leading to water scarcity and contamination of surface and groundwater with coal dust.
• Anglo American utilizes 'greenwashing' through Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) strategies, such as funding biodiversity offsets and small-scale renewable projects, to mask structural socio-environmental conflicts and privatize public policy.
• The company leverages a complex network of business associations—including EUROMINES, ICMM, and the WBCSD—to lobby for 'false solutions' such as carbon markets, Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS), and REDD, which allow the company to avoid reducing emissions at the source.
• Anglo American has exerted significant influence over UNFCCC negotiations, notably during COP 17 in South Africa where it held a 'leadership role' with 17 delegates, and during COP 19, where its executives promoted coal as a tool for poverty eradication.
• The report argues that the UNFCCC has been co-opted by transnational corporations, transforming it from a democratic forum into a space for generating corporate-friendly policies that hinder climate justice.

APA

Ortiz, L., Sabido, P., Tansey, R., Forero, L. F., Urrea, D., & Shaw, S. (2014). El cabildeo de Anglo American a favor de energías sucias y falsas soluciones para el clima. Friends of the Earth International. https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/18-foei-corporate-capture-report-esp-lr.pdf

Chicago

Ortiz, Lúcia, Pascoe Sabido, Rachel Tansey, Lyda Fernanda Forero, Danilo Urrea, and Sara Shaw. El cabildeo de Anglo American a favor de energías sucias y falsas soluciones para el clima. Friends of the Earth International, 2014. https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/18-foei-corporate-capture-report-esp-lr.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{ortiz2014cabildeo, author = {Ortiz, Lúcia and Sabido, Pascoe and Tansey, Rachel and Forero, Lyda Fernanda and Urrea, Danilo and Shaw, Sara}, title = {{El cabildeo de Anglo American a favor de energías sucias y falsas soluciones para el clima}}, institution = {Friends of the Earth International}, year = {2014}, month = nov, url = {https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/18-foei-corporate-capture-report-esp-lr.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }