Opinion | To Confront the Climate Crisis, Universities Must Refuse Fossil Fuel Industry Funding

  • 📰 commondreams
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 22 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 12%
  • Publisher: 51%

Belgique Nouvelles Nouvelles

Belgique Dernières Nouvelles,Belgique Actualités

'Instead of corporate interest, climate research should be accountable to frontline communities disproportionately impacted by the climate crisis already.'

, rather than working to strengthen the fossil industry’s bottom line. Every research dollar, lab hour, and project report that is beholden to or biased by fossil fuel industry influence is a missed opportunity to address the climate crisis, let alone the pressing justice challenges associated with it.

To help address the climate crisis effectively, research at universities like Harvard and Stanford must be grounded in climate justice values. This means directing their vast institutional resources toward research agendas guided by the needs of the planet’s most vulnerable. Universities have a vital role to play in this work: bridging disciplinary silos to make sure responses to climate change are equitable.

 

Merci pour votre commentaire. Votre commentaire sera publié après examen.

🤬BIDEN 1 TERRORIST IN THE 🌎

Nous avons résumé cette actualité afin que vous puissiez la lire rapidement. Si l'actualité vous intéresse, vous pouvez lire le texte intégral ici. Lire la suite:

 /  🏆 530. in BE

Belgique Dernières Nouvelles, Belgique Actualités