'Letting Hill+Knowlton run communications for the climate talks is like putting the fox's PR hack in charge of branding the chicken coop,' said jamieclimate.
by the Egyptian government to lead communications at the United Nations' annual climate summit—to drop its fossil fuel clients before the pivotal COP27 talks start this weekend in Sharm el-Sheikh.
According to Clean Creatives campaign director Duncan Meisel,"Hill+Knowlton's fossil fuel clients have told investors and regulators that they plan to dig up and burn enough coal, oil, and gas to make achieving the Paris climate agreement"—which seeks to limit global warming to 1.5ºC above preindustrial levels—"impossible.","is incompatible with H+K's ability to be an effective advocate for action to stop the climate emergency at COP27.
"Hill+Knowlton's work with fossil fuel clients is an egregious conflict of interest with the mission of COP27 and what is needed to address the worsening impacts of climate change," Caldas added. "There's nothing to stop H+K from spinning the outcomes of the talks to benefit their fossil fuel clients or sharing key intelligence with industry partners," said Henn."If H+K is unwilling to address these conflicts of interest, they should have no role at COP27 or future negotiations."
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