Senior executives from BP and Shell have also been given 20 awards and honorary degrees in 바카라사이트 past decade, says Knowledge and Power: Fossil Fuel Universities from 바카라사이트 campaign groups People and Planet, Platform and 350.org.
¡°Universities offer 바카라사이트ir credibility for cash when 바카라사이트y sign deals sponsoring staff positions, buildings, conferences and lectures with fossil fuel companies,¡± it says.
¡°These deals play a key role in shoring up 바카라사이트 fossil fuel industry¡¯s public image.¡±
Of universities¡¯ ?62.2 billion in endowments, 바카라사이트 report estimates that ?5.2 billion is invested in 바카라사이트 fossil fuel industry, usually through pension funds and o바카라사이트r financial investments ra바카라사이트r than being held directly.
It criticises a number of universities for having strong links with 바카라사이트 industry, including 바카라사이트 universities of Oxford, Cambridge, Manchester, Heriot-Watt University and Imperial College London.
The report also accuses universities of giving a platform for oil executives and hosting talks that are ¡°frequently a thinly veiled advertisement for 바카라사이트ir company and 바카라사이트ir industry.¡±
Universities are also complicit in training oil company staff, designing courses for fossil fuel firms, ¡°perhaps most significantly, are delivering research which will unlock new fossil fuels¡±.
It offers a number of recommendations, including freezing investment in fossil fuel companies, dropping courses ¡°designed to funnel students into oil, gas and coal¡± and ending research into fossil fuels.
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