We as members of Scientists4Future Wageningen are disappointed with the decision taken after already half a year of dialogues, as it further delays cutting ties with the fossil fuel industry. Ample evidence is available on the lack of commitment from this industry toward meeting the Paris Climate Agreement, as well as their role played in science disinformation, and we therefore advocate for a decision to ultimately cut ties.
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We are happy to read that the Board acknowledges that there are businesses that delay or counteract the transition and that they express a willingness to move beyond a project-based evaluation to a partner-based evaluation for collaborations.
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Yet we believe that the threats of not acting swiftly and breaking the ties immediately are problematic, for WUR as an institution as well as for individuals working in this institution, as collaborating with the fossil industry makes us all complicit to the wrongdoings of this industry
Chloe Tavernier, Ignas Heitkonig, Anne-Juul Welsink, Susanne van Donk, Benedikt Haug, Cecilia Zagaria and Martijn Duineveld (all part of the steering group of Scientist for Future Wageningen)
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