Faculty support is essential for moving campus divestment campaigns forward. We have compiled a list of universities that spans Canada, the US, the UK and New Zealand where the faculty have been urging their universities to divest from fossil fuels, in letters to their administration and governing boards. To read […]
Prominent Stanford faculty call on the university’s endowment fund to pull out of all fossil fuel investments, not just coal. Last May Stanford, which controls a $21.4bn endowment, eliminated direct investments in coal mining companies, making it the most prominent university to cut its ties to industries that cause climate […]
Strong financial logic as well as a deep concern for environmental stewardship has led the Catherine Donnelly Foundation to divest. According to this article in the Vancouver Observer, while the Foundation has used an engagement approach in the past, their board determined that a “business as usual” approach is not sustainable. This […]
What do Jean Charest, Preston Manning, Paul Martin and Bob Rae all have in common? They are all members of the advisory board of Canada’s new Ecofiscal Commission . In their inaugural report, Smart, Practical, Possible: Canadian options for greater economic and environmental prosperity, the group said fees and taxes and […]
In this excerpt from a recent article in Maclean’s, Chris Ragan, from McGill University demonstrates how BC’s revenue-neutral carbon pricing policy has been successful in reducing fossil fuel use. “Most Canadians agree that we should not have to sacrifice our economy for our environment, or vice versa. Examples like […]
A new report from Sustainable Prosperity confirms that 2014 was a breakthrough year for green/climate bonds, both globally and in Canada. Watch Alex Wood – Senior Director, Policy and Markets, Sustainable Prosperity – discuss this on The Exchange with Amanda Lang.
The US and China have surprised the world by signing a substantial climate agreement. The US pledges to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 26-28 percent below 2005 levels by 2025. China pledges that by 2030 its emissions will have peaked and 20% of its energy will come from non-fossil fuels. […]
It’s been a depressing year for anyone watching our climate and the health of the living Earth. Part of the West Antarctic ice sheet has melted past the point of no return, locking in enough sea level rise to drown huge coastal areas. New craters have been found in Siberia […]
The largest climate march in history is planned for September 21, in advance of a major UN summit on the climate crisis. The main march will be in New York, with supporting marches all over the world. See peoplesclimate.org for details. Divest Waterloo will be there in New York! […]
