Cop29: oil bosses given red carpet treatment at climate summit – as it happened

At least 123 oil and gas bosses and staff invited as ‘guests’ by Azerbaijani government and given host country badges, the Guardian has learned

Well we have made it to the end of the day in Baku where negotiations are winding up for the night [though, brace yourselves, they are set to continue for at least another week.] We’re going to wind up the blog now. Today’s highlights (and lowlights) have included:

 A new report which found that at least 1,773 coal, oil, and gas lobbyists have been granted access to the United Nations climate talks in Baku, Azerbaijan. The report raises serious concerns about the planet-heating industry’s influence on the negotiations.

 Former US vice president Al Gore adds his voice to the growing concern that fossil fuel corporations and their lobbyists have an unhealthy grip over the process.

 The Green Party in the UK also backs calls to exclude fossil fuel companies and their army of lobbyists.

 My colleague Damian Carrington discovers that fossil fuel bosses and lobbyists are not just attending Cop29 - they are getting the full red carpet treatment. He reports that at least 132 oil and gas company bosses and staff were invited here as “guests” by the Azerbaijani government and given the coveted host country badges.

 Delegates try to answer the question everyone in Baku [and many other places] are asking: what happens to the global fight for climate justice when Donald Trump takes over as US president next year?

Cover photo: Environmental activists protest against oil and gas lobbyists at the summit. Photograph: Murad Sezer/Reuters