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The climate conference and the corporate lobbyists dressed in green

Polluters have been given pride of place at COP21, right next to the national delegations.

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The climate talks in Paris are being held in a (now less used) airport. Once you've got your pass (remarkably quickly, I thought) you wander into the main centre. The first image you come to, on each side of the corridor, is a wall showing the sponsors.

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COP sponsors board, as seen on arrival. Photo: Adam Ramsay, CC2.0

In pride of place – top and centre – is EDF: the French mostly state owned company with numerous coal and gas power stations(pdf) churning carbon into the atmosphere across the world.