Gov’t-supported youth climate scheme accepting funds from ExxonMobil, world’s 5th largest historic polluter

Gov’t-supported youth climate scheme accepting funds from ExxonMobil, world’s 5th largest historic polluter

A government-supported youth climate ambassadorship programme is accepting funding from a fossil fuel giant, a move one environmental scholar has called “hypocritical.” An ExxonMobil site in Tsing Yi. File Photo: ExxonMobil. Civic Exchange’s annual Young Environment Ambassador (YEA) Programme – launched in 2021 to “empower the next generation of environmental leaders” – counts ExxonMobil among its three funding organisations. The petrochemical c…