The Paris Agreement and the fossil fuel industry

The Paris Agreement of 2015 outlines the commitment of 117 member states to reduce the impacts of climate change brought by Green House Gas emissions. Their plan as described in Article 2 of the agreement seeks to hold the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2?C above pre industrial level. It also seeks to limit the temperature increase to 1.5?C above pre industrial level. To make this happen, countries provided their Intended Nationally Determined Contributions.

The Agreement which has been termed as ambitious is not short of flaws though. There has been the constant cry of corporate interference from stakeholders in the fossil fuel industry during climate talks. A report titled Fueling the Fire gives references to big corporations that bankrolled COP 21. This in itself is a major conflict of interest. Several civil societies have likened it to the scenario of a fox guarding a henhouse. It is therefore clear that oil corporations have captured climate talks.