Shell sponsors climate exhibition – with reservations – Kkuriren

“Our Future Planet”, or “Our Future Planet”.

That’s the name of the Science Museum in London and its exhibition on the climate, which opened its doors in May this year.

But now the news channel Channel 4 News reveals that the exhibition is sponsored by none other than Shell, which is one of the world’s largest petroleum companies.

What’s worse: in the sponsorship agreement there is a clause that binds the Science Museum to “never” during the exhibition make a statement or anything similar that could discredit or damage the sponsor’s reputation or reputation.

Ecologist Emma Sayer, who helped with the exhibition, now tells the news channel that she asked to have her name removed from the exhibition, and that she was shocked and disappointed by Shell’s sponsorship and that she finds it “embarrassing” to have contributed to the exhibition.

A spokesman for the museum told the news channel that energy companies must play a major role in the transition to a more environmentally friendly economy, while a representative of Shell says that the company fully respects the museum’s independence, while emphasizing the importance of a “debate and discussion” on climate adaptation. of the economy.

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