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Global PR group targeted by group of scientists over dual COP27 and industry roles

Hill+Knowlton Strategies’ communications lead for both UN climate summit in Egypt and oil and gas groups criticised

The global PR firm handling external communications for COP27 in Egypt is under fire from a group of scientists for its work for the fossil fuel industry, amid concerns about the rise of oil and gas lobbyists at the UN climate summit.

The US-based Hill+Knowlton Strategies, owned by the WPP group, is providing communications services for COP27. It also represents an industry group known as the Oil and Gas Climate Initiative, involving a dozen of the world’s largest oil and gas companies including ExxonMobil and Chevron.

Scientists who are members of the non-profit advocacy group, the Union of Concerned Scientists, have described the dual representations as “incompatible” in an open letter.

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