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%

Singapore News News

Singapore Singapore Latest News,Singapore Singapore Headlines

'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.

We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 530. in SG
 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.

🤬BIDEN 1 TERRORIST IN THE 🌎

Singapore Singapore Latest News, Singapore Singapore Headlines