Overview
- The DeSmog/Guardian analysis of the UNFCCC’s provisional list identifies more than 300 industrial agriculture lobbyists at COP30, an increase of about 14% from last year.
- The agribusiness contingent exceeds Canada’s 220-person delegation, with 77 lobbyists embedded in official country teams and six granted privileged access to negotiations.
- Major companies are present, including eight delegates from JBS—among them CEO Gilberto Tomazoni—along with 19 from Bayer and nine from Nestlé.
- Meat and dairy interests account for 72 of the delegates, with additional representation from pesticides, synthetic fertilisers and biofuels sectors.
- Indigenous leaders and campaigners say the sector’s footprint risks shaping outcomes on biofuels and climate finance, while the COP30 presidency and UNFCCC offered no detailed response to the findings.