“Artwashing”: climate campaigners protest oily sponsorship of Downing volcano exhibition
With ORCA, we challenged the sponsorship of the Magma Rising exhibition at Downing College
Cambridge students get creative in protest against University ‘kicking the can down the road’ on its fossil fuel ties, as campuses worldwide take action
“Don’t be worried about deadlines! The University of Cambridge isn’t.” Students joined hundreds of others worldwide, singing and dancing to expose the university kicking the can down the road when it comes to its fossil fuel ties. Cambridge University students got creative on Friday 1st December to protest against the University continuing to accept funding…
Cambridge students and academics demand urgent action from university on Fossil Free Research
Protestors called on University Council to act on the recommendations of the independent report the university commissioned nearly a year ago and finally reject fossil fuel funding. On Friday (27/10), Cambridge Climate Justice (CCJ) held a rally on King’s Parade to demand a Fossil Free Research (FFR) policy finally be implemented at Cambridge. The university…
Cambridge University Activists Call for an End to Fossil Fuel Ties following Report from UN Climate Champion
Student campaigners welcome the report’s call to action but criticise ‘Shell Energy loophole’ A new report published on Tuesday has concluded that it is indefensible for Cambridge University to continue taking research funding from fossil fuel companies. The report, authored by UNFCCC High Level Climate Champion Nigel Topping, states that “it is difficult to find the logic…
Cambridge students rally for Fossil Free Research
Wednesday, 3rd May Over 40 students called for Fossil Free Research today in a two-hour demonstration on Kings’ Parade. The action was held by Cambridge Climate Justice (CCJ) in collaboration with the Cambridge SU Ethical Affairs Campaign and End Fossil: Occupy!, which is coordinating international action at higher education institutions beginning May 2nd. The rally…
1/3 Cambridge academics vote to reject delaying action on University’s fossil fuel ties
Ongoing delays stop Cambridge becoming the first university in the world to hold democratic vote on fossil free research
Students and academics at Oxford, Cambridge and Imperial, together with universities in US and Canada, stage coordinated action calling for Fossil Free Research
Prestigious academic institutions receive millions of pounds of destructive fossil fuel money – students and academics call for this to end.
Cambridge University makes historic break with the fossil fuel industry and commits to full divestment
After a five-year battle over its response to the climate crisis, the University of Cambridge has committed to remove all direct and indirect investments in the fossil fuel industry from its £3.5bn endowment fund by 2030. The Cambridge University Endowment Fund (CUEF) is the largest of any higher education institution in Europe. Cambridge has also…
DIVESTMENT MARCH – CAMBRIDGE 30/11/15
Read more about our march on the Tab: http://thetab.com/uk/cambridge/2015/12/01/student-zero-carbon-campaign-protesters-march-to-tell-university-to-divest-from-fossil-fuels-63280 On November 30th we held a divestment rally in Cambridge as part of People & Planet’s Day of Action against climate change, to mark the beginning of the COP21 Paris Climate Conference. We are calling on the University of Cambridge to divest its £5bn endowment from environmentally destructive and financially…
Divestment Campaign Launch! 04/11/2015
Read more about the launch of our divestment campaign at the University of Cambridge: The university must address climate change (Varsity) http://www.varsity.co.uk/comment/9199 The Zero Carbon Society bursts the Cambridge bubble, urging the university to divest from fossil fuels (Blewswire) http://blewswire.com/zero-carbon-society-bursts-cambridge-bubble-urging-university-divest-fossil-fuels/