A recent investigation by several media outlets, including L'Humanité and The Guardian, has revealed that at least 11 authors from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) have connections—either direct or indirect—to the petroleum industry in Saudi Arabia. Some of these authors are directly employed by Saudi Aramco, the state-owned oil company. This discovery has sparked questions about the neutrality of the IPCC, a global organization that plays a central role in assessing the science of climate change and its impacts. The IPCC was established in 1988 to provide scientific assessments on climate change, its causes, and its potential consequences. Its most recent report, published between 2021 and 2023, is often used as a reference point for shaping policies aimed at reducing carbon emissions and protecting against climate risks. The current investigation focuses on 11 authors from Working Group 3 of the IPCC, which specializes in climate change mitigation. This group's work has significant implications for global political and economic decisions, raising concerns about the objectivity of its findings. In response to the findings, the IPCC stated that professional affiliations alone do not necessarily create a conflict of interest. It emphasized that its internal policies on conflicts of interest would have been followed, ensuring that no actual conflicts exist. The organization also pointed out that each report is written by hundreds of authors, making it difficult for any single individual to influence the final outcome. Among the authors linked to Saudi Aramco is Mustafa Babiker, who has worked for the company since 2006 and is currently coordinating a chapter on public policy analysis for the upcoming IPCC report. Another individual is Diego Armando Moya-Pinta, a researcher in energy systems and lead author of Chapter 9 of the 7th IPCC report, titled Energy Systems. He had previously reviewed the 6th report. Several of these authors are also involved in carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects at Saudi Aramco, a technology aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Critics suggest that this involvement might lead to an overemphasis on CCS solutions in the IPCC's reports, potentially overshadowing other approaches to climate change mitigation.