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Climate protestors glued themselves to the road outside the Energy Intelligence Forum’s venue and vowed to ramp up actions, according to a statement posted on Extinction Rebellion’s website.
Protestors also glued themselves to the revolving door of the InterContinental Park Lane hotel in London, where the summit is taking place, the statement pointed out, adding that Extinction Rebellion joined forces with a host of other campaign groups “to support Fossil Free London in closing down the Energy Intelligence Forum conference, known as the ‘Oscars of Oil’”.
The statement outlined that hundreds of climate activists blockaded the conference and revealed that scores of protestors staged a “major” sit-down protest outside the hotel and blockaded roads leading to the conference site with banners stating “Cut the Ties to Fossil Fuels” and “Oily Money Out”.
According to the statement, “a giant, hideous figure of death” also stalked the street outside the conference site, “looming over a sea of protestors’ pink umbrellas, which are painted with eyes and bearing the message – ‘We Are Watching You’”.
“The fossil fuel era is over and governments and corporations need to move to a rapid transition to clean energy and green jobs for future generations,” one of the protestors at the site was quoted as saying in the Extinction Rebellion statement.
When asked to comment on the Extinction Rebellion statement, organizers of the Energy Intelligence Forum told Rigzone that they recognized the protests at the summit and said they believe this action “reaffirms the need for constructive dialogue on climate change and the low-carbon transition”.
“The Energy Intelligence Forum is a platform for discussing the biggest issues in energy, including the low-carbon transition,” the organizers of the event said.
“We believe the challenging process of reinventing the world’s energy system requires the co-operation and collaboration of all sides. We are committed to bringing together stakeholders in the energy system – governments, companies, finance, civil society, and academia – to discuss the best way forward for the world,” they added.
“The issue of climate change is being presented and discussed constructively throughout the conference,” the organizers went on to state.
The Energy Intelligence Forum is taking place from October 17-19. The event’s website describes the summit as a three-day forum for energy leaders to debate and shape sustainable solutions to the energy challenges of the 21st century.
Listed speakers at this year’s event include Vicki Hollub, Occidental’s President and CEO, Amin Nasser, the President and CEO of Aramco, Patrick Pouyanne, the President and CEO of TotalEnergies, Wael Sawan, the CEO of Shell, John Ardill, the Vice President of Global Exploration at ExxonMobil, and Bob Dudley, the Chair of Oil and Gas Climate Initiative (OGCI).
“We face a world of growing divisions. The Ukraine war has caused deep fractures in global geopolitics, countries are positioning their climate ambitions in contrasting ways, and energy companies are mapping divergent paths to achieve sustainable transitions,” the Forum’s website notes.
“Can energy markets function efficiently in a world with more trade barriers, less spare capacity and higher geopolitical risk? Will competition between the U.S. and China speed up or slow down the energy transition? Can developed and developing nations design an equitable and effective approach to climate change,” it adds.
“This October, Energy Intelligence will bring together decision-makers and innovators from the private sector, government, and civil society to discuss these competing views and plot tangible paths forward,” it continues.
In a statement posted on its X page on Tuesday, the social media site formerly known as Twitter, Fossil Free London noted that Greta Thunberg had been arrested blocking the entrance to the summit.
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