How lobbying has stalled climate action

Since climate talks began in Berlin in 1995, the fossil fuel industry has been investing heavily in lobbyists, thinktanks and rogue academics in an attempt to slow political action.

As someone who has reported many of the annual UN Cop climate talks, it is typical to find as many sharp-suited operatives trying to throw spanners in the works of the conferences as it is green groups and delegates from vulnerable countries urging faster action.