By 1973, the petroleum-focused groupalready had a name the International Petroleum Industry Environmental Conservation Association, or IPIECA.
IPIECA secured industry a seat at the table in other ways, too.
(Flannery later confirmed the existence of said meeting.)
People attend the COP29 UN Climate Change Conference in Baku, Azerbaijan on November 13, 2024. COP29, a global climate conference by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change bringing together the 197 nations part of its agreement, is attended by around 72,000 people.Resul Rehimov/Anadolu/Getty Images
By the time the IPCCs third assessment came out in 1998, Flannery was a lead author.
A1991 internal report, uncovered by Drilled in 2020, outlined Exxons leadership on the issue of global change.
Exxon chairs the Ipieca Global Change Working Group which coordinates activities and interactions.
When we thought we did it in Stockholm, we didnt, Strong said.
And we dont have another 20 years now.
I believe we are on the road to tragedy.
As we leave Rio, we have not satisfied that concern.
We have the basis for progress, but we have to push ahead.
Government leaders tried to do just that.
We are one of the very few NGOs that regularly sends observers to IPCC plenary sessions.
And its back at COP this year.
