> This work was supported by funding from Partners for a New Economy (R.W. and J.D.F.); Baillie Gifford (J.D.F.); the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement no. 730427 (COP21 RIPPLES) (R.W.); and the Oxford Martin School , through the Institute of New Economic Thinking and the Post-Carbon Transition programme ( LDR00530 ) (M.C.I. and P.M.). This research was also funded by the Economics of Energy Innovation and System Transition project ( EEIST ), which is jointly funded through UK Aid by the UK Government Department for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) and the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation ( CIFF ) (R.W. and M.C.I.).
It would be truly extraordinary if George Soros was able to use his indirect connection to one of eight funders of this study to influence its findings, but I suppose we'll never know for sure.
He expects you/your group to further his political goals in order to continue to receive funding.
Peter Thiel and his posse grant money to try to delay those things to get more money into their pockets.