negocios sucios casos de influencia empresarial sobre las negociaciones ambientales globales

The document argues that corporate influence prioritizes short-term profit over environmental protection and human rights, leading to the weakening of multilateral environmental agreements. Through four case studies, it details how the biotechnology, forestry, and fossil fuel industries manipulate policy, promote commercialized versions of nature, and pressure governments to subordinate environmental standards to free trade rules.

• The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) has been shifted toward a commercial model that prioritizes economic gain and patents over the rights of indigenous peoples and local communities, leading to the 'commodification of biodiversity'.
• U.S. biotechnology industry lobbying in 1992 led to the inclusion of vague and contradictory language in the CBD regarding intellectual property rights to ensure continued access to genetic resources in the Global South.
• The 'Miami Group' (USA, Canada, Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, and Australia) and the Global Industry Coalition blocked a consensus on the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety in 1999 to protect trade in genetically modified maize and soy.
• The United States uses the World Trade Organization (WTO) as a tool to pressure countries like Bolivia, Sri Lanka, and Croatia against implementing strict national regulations or bans on genetically modified organisms (GMOs).
• International forest policy is heavily influenced by the Finnish forestry industry through the placement of Finnish experts in key positions within the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and other UN agencies.
• Corporate interests promote large-scale monoculture plantations as 'carbon sinks' within the UNFCCC framework to allow industrialized nations to lower their emission reduction commitments.
• ExxonMobil has systematically challenged the scientific consensus on climate change by funding skeptics and attempting to manipulate the leadership and findings of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
• Public funding from export credit agencies and the World Bank heavily favors fossil fuel infrastructure over renewable energy; between 1995 and 1999, $73.8 billion was supported for fossil fuels compared to only $2 billion for renewables.

APA

III, V. P. B. Y. (2002). negocios sucios casos de influencia empresarial sobre las negociaciones ambientales globales. Friends of the Earth International. https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/deals_esp.pdf

Chicago

III, vicente paolo b. yu. negocios sucios casos de influencia empresarial sobre las negociaciones ambientales globales. Friends of the Earth International, 2002. https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/deals_esp.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{iii2002negocios, author = {III, vicente paolo b. yu}, title = {{negocios sucios casos de influencia empresarial sobre las negociaciones ambientales globales}}, institution = {Friends of the Earth International}, year = {2002}, month = aug, url = {https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/deals_esp.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }