The University announces carbon sequestration plans
The University of Edinburgh has recently announced plans to capture and store over one million tonnes of unavoidable CO2 emissions. This process, known as carbon sequestration, may entail the university’s…
COP26: All eyes on Scotland after years of anticipation
In the coming weeks, Glasgow will play host to world leaders as they meet to agree further steps to be taken to combat the climate crisis. The Conference of Parties…
All universities should follow Edinburgh’s example of divestment
On 5 February 2018 the University of Edinburgh became the UK university with the largest endowment fund – a massive £6.3 mil. – to pull out of all investments in coal,…
The University must make a greater effort to divest
Divestment is eminently achievable, economically viable, and environmentally meaningful; by listening to its students and fully divesting from fossil fuels the University of Edinburgh could take a powerful stance on…
Professor Charlie Jeffery: The University is leading on climate change
Climate change is unquestionably one of the world’s most pressing problems. So what are we doing about it? For both individuals and institutions, such as universities like our own, the…
Divestment Occupation: University should not let protestors get their way
Let us put views about fossil fuel divestment aside and first consider the events that brought us to where we are today. In October 2014, the University’s Central Management Group…
Nobel laureate to join pro-divestment occupation, spend night with protesters
Dr Graciela Chichilnisky, the Nobel Prize winning economist who worked extensively on the Kyoto Protocol, has announced that she intends to spend tomorrow evening with the protesters at the pro-divestment…
Edinburgh’s decision not to divest fully is only a backward step
Edinburgh University had the opportunity to make a massive statement yesterday. Had they decided to fully divest from fossil fuels, the news would have circled the globe fast as the…
