Irish delegation should reject inclusion of fossil fuel lobbyists at Cop29, Oireachtas committee hears

FILE - Guohua Power Station, a coal-fired power plant, operates in Dingzhou, Baoding, in the northern China's Hebei province, Nov. 10, 2023. File picture: AP/Ng Han Guan

The Irish delegation should reject the inclusion of fossil fuel lobbyists when the UN's climate change summit Cop29 takes place next week, an Oireachtas committee has heard.

The annual conference begins on Monday in Baku, Azerbaijan.