Persona non grata: Oil talks the talk... but needs the walk

As oil majors faced a verbal public flogging before COP26 climate talks began, some wounds were self-inflicted

Public testimony: Darren Woods, chief executive of ExxonMobil, testifies via video conference during a US House Committee on Oversight and Reform hearing on the role of fossil fuel companies in climate change, Thursday, Oct. 28, 2021.
Public testimony: Darren Woods, chief executive of ExxonMobil, testifies via video conference during a US House Committee on Oversight and Reform hearing on the role of fossil fuel companies in climate change, Thursday, Oct. 28, 2021.Photo: AP/SCANPIX
Published 3 November 2021, 13:46Updated 3 November 2021, 16:34