Almost 500 carbon capture lobbyists granted access to Cop29 climate summit

Carbon capture and storage units have been criticised as harmful to local communities. Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty Images

At least 480 lobbyists working on carbon capture and storage (CCS) have been granted access to the UN climate summit, known as Cop29, the Guardian can reveal.

That is five more CCS lobbyists than were present at last year’s climate talks, despite the overall number of participants shrinking significantly from about 85,000 to about 70,000.