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Co
nfl
icts
of
inte
rest
: th
e el
eph
ant
in t
he
roo
m a
t th
e U
NFC
CC
Th
e P
aris
Ag
ree
me
nt
is s
late
d t
o c
om
e in
to f
orc
e ju
st d
ays
be
fore
CO
P2
2. T
his
in
fog
rap
hic
illu
stra
tes
ho
w s
om
e o
f th
e w
orl
d’s
big
gest
po
llute
rs a
re d
eep
ly
em
bed
ded
in
th
e t
reat
y p
rocess
, via
ind
ust
ry t
rad
e g
rou
ps
and
ass
ocia
tion
s.
Th
e P
aris
Ag
reem
en
t exp
and
s th
e r
ole
of
the p
riva
te s
ecto
r, sw
ing
ing
th
e d
oo
r o
pen
eve
n f
urt
her
to p
artic
ipat
ion
fro
m b
usi
ness
-in
tere
st g
rou
ps
and
co
rpo
ratio
ns,
with
ou
t an
y m
eas
ure
s in
p
lace
to
add
ress
—o
r eve
n
ackn
ow
led
ge—
po
ten
tial
co
nfli
cts
o
f in
tere
st b
etw
een
th
e p
rofit
mo
tives
of
the in
du
stry
an
d c
limat
e p
olic
y.
In M
ay,
du
rin
g t
he
firs
t tr
eat
y n
eg
otiat
ion
s si
nc
e t
he
Par
is A
gre
em
en
t’s a
do
pti
on
, P
arti
es
sou
gh
t to
re
cti
fy t
his
pro
ble
m b
y c
allin
g f
or
the
stu
dy
of
oth
er
mu
ltila
tera
l an
d U
.N.
bo
die
s’ c
on
flic
ts-o
f- i
nte
rest
po
licie
s an
d a
pp
roac
hes.
Th
ese
Par
ties
wan
t th
e U
NFC
CC
to
cre
ate it
s o
wn
po
licy
to s
cre
en
fo
r, an
d a
dd
ress
, co
nfli
cts
of
inte
rest
am
on
g b
usi
ness
-in
tere
st n
on
-go
vern
-men
tal o
rgan
izat
ion
s.
Co
nfl
ict
of
inte
rest
in t
he
ory
…
A c
on
flict
of
inte
rest
may
ari
se w
hen
activ
ities,
rela
tion
ship
s o
r si
tuat
ion
s p
lace a
p
ub
lic
inst
itu-t
ion
, an
d/o
r an
in
div
idu
al
that
re
pre
sen
ts
it,
in
a re
al,
po
ten
tial
or
perc
eiv
ed
co
nfli
ct
betw
een
its
du
ties
or
resp
on
sib
ilitie
s to
th
e p
ub
lic,
and
pers
on
al,
inst
itutio
nal
or
oth
er
inte
rest
s. T
hese
oth
er
inte
rest
s in
clu
de,
bu
t ar
e n
ot
limite
d t
o,
bu
sin
ess
, co
mm
erc
ial
or
finan
cia
l in
tere
sts
pert
ain
ing
to
th
e i
nst
itutio
n a
nd
/or
the
ind
ivid
ual
.
…A
nd
in p
rac
tic
e:
B
usi
ness
Eu
rop
e:
Bu
sin
ess
Eu
rop
e i
s a
bu
sin
ess
tra
de a
sso
cia
tion
accre
dite
d a
nd
ac
tive i
n t
he U
NFC
CC
. T
he
c
hai
r o
f its
Gre
en
T
axat
ion
W
ork
ing
G
rou
p
is
a R
oya
l D
utc
h S
he
ll e
xec
utive
: A
n T
heeu
wes.
T
he C
om
petit
ive E
nte
rpri
se In
stitu
te (C
EI):
A
lso
an
ac
cre
dite
d o
bse
rver
to th
e
UN
FCC
C,
CE
I is
a
U.S
.-b
ased
fr
on
t g
rou
p
no
tori
ou
s fo
r its
o
pp
osi
tion
to
en
viro
nm
en
tal p
olic
y. I
n a
dd
itio
n t
o t
he A
meri
can
Petr
ole
um
Inst
itute
, CE
I’s m
em
bers
h
ave in
clu
ded
Exx
on
Mo
bil
and
Ch
evr
on
, wh
ich
hav
e b
oth
op
po
sed
an
d u
nd
erm
ined
clim
ate p
olic
y in
th
e U
nite
d S
tate
s an
d a
re r
esp
on
sib
le f
or
en
viro
nm
en
tal
abu
ses
aro
un
d t
he w
orl
d.
T
he W
orl
d C
oal
A
sso
cia
tion
(W
CA
): W
ith its
U
NFC
CC
ac
cre
dita
tion
, th
e W
CA
re
pre
sen
ts t
he i
nte
rest
s o
f th
e
wo
rld
’s
maj
or
co
al
pro
du
cers
at
th
e
neg
otia
tion
s.
Th
ey
inclu
de
BH
P
Bill
iton
, P
eab
od
y E
nerg
y,
Gle
nco
re,
Rio
T
into
an
d
An
glo
A
meri
can
.
Sim
ply
pu
t, i
t w
ou
ld b
e n
aive
at
best
to
belie
ve t
hat
th
e b
usi
ness
gro
up
s ab
ove
an
d
deta
iled
on
th
e r
eve
rse h
ave a
gen
uin
e i
nte
rest
in
am
biti
ou
s clim
ate a
ctio
n a
nd
em
issi
on
s re
du
ctio
ns.
In
fac
t, t
heir
inte
rest
s ar
e in
ext
ractin
g,
refin
ing
an
d s
elli
ng
dir
ty
foss
il fu
els
in s
pite
of
the P
aris
Ag
reem
en
t.