"
BP boasts a decade-long track record of advocating and taking precautionary action to address climate change. Given that the IEA clearly promotes the denial of climate change, the report asks how BP can defend its support for such a group.
"
"
BP is effectively supporting the promotion of some of the most reactionary publications on climate change and radical deniers among its ranks. BP and IEA both refused to disclose how much BP contributed.
"
"
The report also gives a snapshot of some of the most influential climate denying think tanks in Europe and the web of connections with US groups [2].
"
"
All the other think tanks surveyed (the International Policy Network (IPN), the Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF), Spanish Instituto Juan de Mariana, Danish CEPOS, French Institut Économique Molinari, the Austrian Hayek Institute and Germany based CFACT Europe)
refused to give details of their funding sources. None are registered in the EU Commission’s transparency register.
"