{
  "id": 8885631,
  "title": "How Saudi oil scientists ended up working on the world’s most important climate reports",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/how-saudi-oil-scientists-ended-up-working-on-the-worlds-most",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-21T05:00:36.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Guardian Science",
    "slug": "guardian-science",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/21/saudi-arabia-aramco-oil-scientists-ipcc-climate-reports"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Guardian investigation reveals fossil fuel links of IPCC authors, with experts declaring the body’s conflict of interest policy ‘not fit for purpose’ On her first day as an expert author on the world’s most important climate reports, Prof Julia Steinberger knew nobody else, so she sat down at a stranger’s table for breakfast. “Hi, I’m Julia. I’m from the University of Lausanne,” she said. The man…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}