UN Climate Panel Faces Conflict-of-Interest Allegations Over Saudi-Linked Experts
Source Summary
An investigation by the Guardian found that 20 of 223 lead authors in the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change emissions-reduction assessment have strong conflicts of interest, with more than half linked to Saudi institutions. The group includes two employees of Saudi Aramco, the state oil company.
Why it matters
The presence of oil-industry-linked experts in a UN panel assessing emissions reduction raises questions about the independence and credibility of the assessment that will inform global climate policy.
