UN Scientists' Secret Carbon Capture Vote Set Back Climate Policy

UN scientists' secret carbon capture vote set back climate policy

This article was first published by ProPublica and Drilled. It is republished with permission. In the spring of 2005, the United Nations convened more than 100 of the world’s top scientists in the medieval town of Oviedo, Spain. They were there to finish writing a paradigm-shifting report about a technology that they hoped could help […]

How a Secret Vote by U.N. Scientists Legitimized Carbon Capture and Skewed Decades of Climate Policy

Illustration by Chris W. Kim for ProPublica From the series Carbon Captured: How the fossil fuel industry influence climate research, an investigation from ProPublica and Drilled In the spring of 2005, the United Nations convened more than 100 of the world’s top scientists in the medieval town of Oviedo, Spain. They were there to finish writing a paradigm-shifting report about a technology that they hoped could help stop climate change.  To c…

How a secret vote by UN scientists legitimized carbon capture and skewed decades of climate policy

By Katie Worth This story was originally published by ProPublica In the spring of 2005, the United Nations convened more than 100 of the world’s top scientists in the medieval town of Oviedo, Spain. They were there to finish writing a paradigm-shifting report about a technology that they hoped could help stop climate change.  To celebrate the report’s impending completion, the meeting’s hosts handed out bottles of cava, Spanish sparkling wine, w…