Fossil Fuel Divestment: Not Whether But When
FOSSIL FUEL DIVESTMENT: NOT WHETHER BUT WHEN
by Tim Hayward
[Re-blogged from the Just World Institute’s blog.]
Divestment from fossil fuels is the focus of a campaign among students and other civil society groups that is gathering momentum – and faster, it seems, even than previous campaigns that targeted apartheid, tobacco and arms manufacturers. Universities are among the institutions to come under particular pressure to withdraw their investments in funds that yield profits directly from fossil fuel exploitation. But should they do so?