page_title: Lobbying
hierarchical_section_title: Lobbying
caption_attribution_description: English: Greenpeace's climate campaigner Simo Kyllönen (left) discusses about carbon sinks with the special advisory of the contemporary Finnish environmental minister.
context_page_description: Lobbying is the act of trying to persuade governments to make decisions or support something. Lobbying can be done by many sorts of people, alone or in groups. Often it is done by big companies or businesses. Sometimes people are given jobs to lobby for big businesses. These people are called lobbyists.
context_section_description: Lobbying is the act of trying to persuade governments to make decisions or support something. Lobbying can be done by many sorts of people, alone or in groups. Often it is done by big companies or businesses. Sometimes people are given jobs to lobby for big businesses. These people are called lobbyists.
caption: A campaigner from the environmental group Greenpeace lobbying the Finnish government
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