The analysis found that oil companies have long influenced universities to focus on climate efforts that would enshrine a future for fossil fuels, despite experts' repeated warnings that the world must stop burning coal, oil and gas.
This study reveals not only a lack of comprehensive scrutiny of fossil fuel funding in academia but also highlights the potential risks to academic integrity posed by such financial ties.
The authors identified hundreds of instances where oil and gas interests impacted climate and energy research while influencing university governance and curricula, suggesting a systemic issue.
With only 14,000 articles reviewed on conflicts of interest, the scarcity of research specifically addressing fossil fuels indicates a troubling neglect of this significant influence in academic research.
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