London museum ends sponsorship by oil co • Table.Briefings

In March, the Fossil Free Science Museum Coalition protested at London’s Science Museum against its sponsorship by Equinor and other fossil fuel companies.

Because the Norwegian state-owned oil company Equinor is doing too little to reduce its emissions, the Science Museum is terminating an eight-year support contract. The background to this is the large fossil deposits in the North Sea.

Because the oil company Equinor is not reducing its CO2 emissions sufficiently, a London-based science museum has terminated its sponsorship contract with the company. This was reported by several British media outlets. Equinor had been sponsoring the interactive „Wonderlab“ exhibition at London’s Science Museum since 2016. The Science Museum is now ending the collaboration because it has committed to ensuring that its sponsors do everything necessary to meet the 1.5-degree limit stipulated in the Paris Climate Agreement, which Equinor is not doing.

London museum ends sponsorship by oil company Equinor

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