The fossil fuel industry has no place in climate negotiations

The Prince Mahidol Award Conference took place in Bangkok, Thailand, at the end of January 2023. It featured five days of policy, politics, and social movement inspired discussions on the intersection between climate change and health. While the conference was attended predominantly by global and public health specialists, the presence of the fossil fuel industry at two panel sessions sparked criticism and heated discussion, continuing an ongoing debate on the issue of “multi-stakeholderism.”The fossil fuel industry has known for decades that their operations are causing the climate crisis and they hid it.1 The industry is continuing to expand oil and gas infrastructure, contrary to the aim of keeping warming to 1.5 degrees and to the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty, signed by many organisations including the World Health Organization (WHO).2 The fossil fuel industry’s practices have involved extreme violence towards communities, mainly in the global South, but also towards Indigenous Peoples,…
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