Louvre Museum comes under pressure over oil and gas sponsorship

Last May, the world-famous Louvre Museum in the heart of Paris had to be closed to rescue thousands of artworks from the rising waters of the Seine River, as Paris was hit by severe flooding. French president Hollande blamed the floods on climate change, which was soon after confirmed by scientists who found that the flooding event was made almost twice as likely by human-made climate change.

The Louvre Museum has the laudable mission to build bridges between past civilisations and present and future generations. A partnership with a company whose activities do no less than threaten to rob future generations of a livable planet seems in no way compatible with the museum’s mandate.

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This article was originally published on The Huffington Post.