Over the last week we’ve seen a huge victory for our campaign – Regent House passed a Grace committing the University to divest from fossil fuel companies. This is great news, and we hoped it would mean a complete success for our campaign. Unfortunately, the University Council have decided that this Grace is only ‘advisory’,…
The Graduate Union has joined calls for the University of Cambridge to stop investing in fossil fuels. The motion, which called for “the GU to support a policy of divestment of the University’s investments”, was passed by a margin of 9 – 2 at a GU Council meeting on Monday. This brings the GU into…
Students from Zero Carbon Cambridge made the case for divestment from fossil fuels at a recent Discussion held by the the University’s governing body, Regent House. They were joined by supportive academics, resulting in an overwhelming show of support for divestment. This Discussion is expected to lead on to a Regent House vote (“Grace”) next…
Check out this article in The Independent for extended coverage of the University of Cambridge’s decision on fossil fuel divestment. Though Zero Carbon welcomes the University’s blacklisting of coal and tar sands companies, this decision has not gone far enough. The University’s rejection of divestment from oil and gas companies contradict it’s own mission statement,…
Please click here for our press release responding to the report of the Working Group on Investment Responsibility at Cambridge University. “Last Monday the University Council approved the working group report recommending a greater incorporation of environmental and social considerations into investment decisions while steering clear of a divestment decision. This is too little, too…
Check out this article written by our campaigns officer Alice Guillaume in the latest edition of BlueSci (Cambridge University science magazine). “Break Free 2016 is part of the international divestment movement, aiming to accelerate the transition towards renewable energy and demonstrate to those in power that we must, as the name suggests, break free from…
On April 30th over 250 students, academics, staff and members of the local community marched through the streets of Cambridge, calling on the University to fully divest from the fossil fuel industry. Speakers included Alice Guillaume (Zero Carbon Campaigns Officer), Revd Jeremy Caddick (Dean and Chaplain of Emmanuel College), Oscar Gillespie (local Green Councillor) and…
Our Open Letter from academics, student groups, alumni and others affiliated with the University of Cambridge has received over 100 signatures – and can be accessed here. If you are an academic, student group, alumni, staff member or affiliated with the University of Cambridge and would like to add your name to our open letter,…
The Zero Carbon Society has released its official report outlining the case for divestment at the University of Cambridge, which can be accessed here. This 74-page report is the product of months of research by a team of committed students, members of the Zero Carbon Society. Foreword from Dr Rowan Williams (former Archbishop of Canterbury &…
Check out our Facebook event here. Join Zero Carbon on Saturday the 30th of April at lunchtime as we march for Cambridge University to step up and play a positive role in our future by divesting from fossil fuels. Over the course of this campaign we have dropped banners, drawn red lines, popped carbon bubble…