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| − | Das '''Atlas Network''' ist seit 1981 ein von ExxonMobile, Philip Morris und Stiftungen der US-Milliardäre und Trump-Unterstützer Charles G. Koch und David H. Koch finanziertes internationales Projekt. Ziel des Projekts ist die Opposition zur wissenschaftlichen Klimaforschung, sowie die Verbreitung von Nachrichten, die den weltweiten Klimawandel leugnen, oder ihn in Frage stellen. Insbesondere wird vom Atlas Network versucht den menschlichen Einfluss auf das weltweite Klima kleinzureden oder zu verneinen. Mitgöieder sind entsprechende "think tanks". Verbindungen existieren zum US-amerikanischen Heartland Institute. | + | Das '''Atlas Network''' ist seit 1981 ein von ExxonMobile, Philip Morris und Stiftungen der US-Milliardäre und Trump-Unterstützer Charles G. Koch und David H. Koch finanziertes internationales Projekt. Sitz des Atlas Network ist Arlington (Virginia, USA). Ziel des Projekts ist die Opposition zur wissenschaftlichen Klimaforschung, sowie die Verbreitung von Nachrichten, die den weltweiten Klimawandel leugnen, oder ihn in Frage stellen.<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/nov/03/exxon-funded-thinktanks-to-spread-climate-denial-in-latin-america-documents-reveal</ref><ref>https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38535618/</ref> Insbesondere wird vom Atlas Network versucht den menschlichen Einfluss auf das weltweite Klima kleinzureden oder zu verneinen. Mitglieder sind entsprechende "think tanks". Verbindungen existieren zum US-amerikanischen Heartland Institute. |
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| | + | Gefördert werden Projekte die sich gegen erneuerbare Energien wenden. In Kampagnen wird hingegen Stimmung gegen andere Bewegungen gemacht, die sich gegen schädliche Folgen der Nutzung fossiler Energieträger engagieren.<ref>https://www.desmog.com/2023/09/12/atlas-network-vilifying-climate-protestors/</ref> |
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| | + | Gründer war 1981 der britische Unternehmer und Lobbyiste Antony Fisher. |
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| | + | Das Netzwerk gilt als „strategischer Verbündeter“ der Tabakindustrie.<ref>https://doi.org/10.1002/hpm.2351</ref><ref>https://www.theguardian.com/business/ng-interactive/2019/jan/23/free-market-thinktanks-tobacco-industry</ref><ref>https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27125556/</ref> |
| | + | ==Weblinks== |
| | + | *https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlas_Network |
| | ==Weblinks (englischsprachig)== | | ==Weblinks (englischsprachig)== |
| | *https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlas_Network | | *https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlas_Network |
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| | + | *https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/nov/03/exxon-funded-thinktanks-to-spread-climate-denial-in-latin-america-documents-reveal |
| | + | *https://www.desmog.com/atlas-economic-research-foundation |
| | + | *https://www.eui.eu/events?id=556680 |
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| − | | + | ==Quellennachweise== |
| − | • Climate Science Denial and Delay: Member organizations—such as the Heartland Institute, Cato Institute, and Fraser Institute—have historically received funding from major fossil fuel interests like ExxonMobil and the Koch foundations to promote climate skepticism, derail UN-led climate treaties, and cast doubt on global warming.
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| − | • Astroturfing and Anti-Renewable Campaigns: Affiliated think tanks have helped create and organize local "grassroots" opposition groups (astroturfing) targeting renewable energy projects, including campaigns against offshore wind farms based on disputed claims about marine life.
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| − | • Opposition to Climate Activism: The network and its partners have coordinated rhetorical campaigns that frame non-violent climate and Indigenous land defenders as extremists or criminals to influence legislation and public opinion.
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| − | • Institutional and Political Interlocks: The network connects think tanks with corporate boards, academic institutions, and political figures across multiple countries (including the U.S., Canada, Australia, the UK, and Latin America) to advocate against carbon pricing and environmental regulations.
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| − | • The Atlas Network has formally disputed claims that it directs coordinated global campaigns regarding climate change or specific energy policies, stating that it operates as a decentralized grantmaker supporting hundreds of independent organizations with diverse local priorities.
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| − | Would you like to explore specific member organizations within the network, or look into research on a particular region (such as North America, Europe, or Australia)?
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| − | Wikipedia
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| − | Atlas Network - Wikipedia
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| − | Network and its partners, such as the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, Cato Institute, and Fraser Institute, [39] have been linked t...
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| − | The Guardian
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| − | Exxon funded thinktanks to spread climate denial in Latin America, documents reveal | Fossil fuels | The Guardian
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| − | Documents reveal Exxon funded the Atlas Network during the late 1990s and early 2000s via confidential financial assistance to spr...
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| − | National Institutes of Health (NIH) | (.gov)
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| − | Think tanks and climate obstruction: Atlas affiliates in Canada
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| − | Methodology: Longitudinal social network and content analysis (2-decade span). Focus: Canadian Atlas network think tanks obstructi...
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| − | Wiley Online Library
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| − | Think tanks and climate obstruction: Atlas affiliates in Canada - Graham - 2024 - Canadian Review of Sociology/Revue canadienne de sociologie - Wiley Online Library
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| − | Focus: Canadian Atlas network think tanks (2000–2022) and climate obstruction. Entities: 11 affiliates (e.g., Fraser Institute, Fr...
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| − | European University Institute
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| − | From climate denial to policy obstruction
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| − | 26 Jan 2023 — Join Dieter Plehwe as he presents his latest research on climate denial and neoliberalism Around the globe, a large number of neol...
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| − | Parliament of Australia
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| − | Atlas Network Letter to Committee on Environment and ...
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| − | 10 Dec 2024 — Dear Members and Staff of the Senate Environment and Communications Committee, In brief, the document submitted to the committee c...
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| − | WNYC Studios | Podcasts
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| − | The Powerful Think Tanks Portraying Climate Protest as Dangerous
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| − | 22 Sept 2023 — The Powerful Think Tanks Portraying Climate Protest as Dangerous The Atlas Network has hundreds of member think tanks across the w...
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| − | YouTube·Australian Greens
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| − | Offshore Wind Farm Disinformation & the Atlas Network
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| − | Alliance magazine
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| − | From undermining democracy to destabilising the climate: a brief history of the neo-liberal Atlas Network - Alliance magazine
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| − | Ideology: Neoliberalism aims to maximize corporate power, eliminate regulations, and oppose democracy and collective decision-maki...
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| − | DeSmog
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| − | Meet the Shadowy Network Vilifying Climate Protestors - DeSmog
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| − | Network: Atlas Network (global free-market think tank coalition founded 1981 by Antony Fisher, funded by extractive industries lik...
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| − | Le Monde diplomatique - English edition
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| − | How US climate deniers are working with far
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| − | 20 Jun 2019 — The Atlas Network — an arm of US soft power Fossil fuels and climate denial David and Charles Koch, the owners behind Koch Industr...
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| | ==Siehe auch== | | ==Siehe auch== |
| | *[[Klimalüge]] | | *[[Klimalüge]] |
| | *[[Europäisches Institut für Klima und Energie]] (EIKE) | | *[[Europäisches Institut für Klima und Energie]] (EIKE) |
| − | *Heartland Institute, Cato Institute, and Fraser Institute | + | *Adam-Smith-Insitute |
| − | #[[Kategorie: Klima]]
| + | *Heartland Institute, Cato Institute, Canadian Taxpayers Federation, Fraser Institute |
| | + | [[Kategorie: Klima]] |
| | + | [[Kategorie:Lobbyismus]] |