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Article

14 May 2015

Author:
Jessica Shankleman, Business Green

Industry lobbyists 'trying to undermine' Paris Climate Summit

Leaked documents reveal how Cefic sought to water down green proposals for the Paris Business & Climate Summit, while raising concerns about industrial competitiveness...Cefic's intervention sparked anger among other stakeholders of the summit. One industry insider with knowledge of the proceedings accused Cefic of seeking to undermine the meeting's level of ambition...A spokesman for the summit maintained the final messages for speakers were only designed as a background briefing and were not an attempt to dictate or control the output of the event...

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