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To: Ronnie Bowie, Chairperson of Court

University of Dundee: DIVEST FROM FOSSIL FUELS

We call on the University of Dundee to:

1.Screen for and exclude the fossil fuel industry from their investment portfolio.
2.Immediately freeze any new investment in fossil fuel companies.
3.Divest from the fossil fuel industry and shift funds to lower risk, ethical investments within five years.
4.Call on their pension funds to exclude fossil fuel companies from their portfolios, and encourage employees to register their concerns with pension providers and switch to fossil-free pensions.”

Why is this important?

Dundee University’s environmental and sustainability policy statement lists using “resources efficiently to minimise our impact on the environment” among its responsibilities, and divesting from fossil fuels could certainly reduce our negative effects.

While fossil fuels are limited and damaging to the environment, investing in more green industries could aid the UK in producing more sustainable energy and more viable long-term investments.

The fact that anthropogenic global warming is occurring is supported by a huge number of scientific communities, and continued use of fossil fuels will exacerbate the problem. By 2011, methane, carbon dioxide, and nitrous oxide content in the air had already increased by 150%, 40%, and 20% respectively since 1750. The temperature of the oceans has increased by about 0.72 degrees centigrade between 1951 and 2012.

While research in the University is producing exciting sustainable possibilities that may help us stop this increase, we feel that its investments should also reflect that intent.

University of Dundee, Nethergate, Dundee, United Kingdom

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2020-10-21 01:46:03 -0400

500 signatures reached

2019-11-14 10:50:16 -0500

We are organising a demonstration outside the Tower Building on:
Tuesday 19 November 2019, 10:30am

This coincides with the University's Endowment Committee meeting to discuss the letter from Dundee UCU sent to them on 2 August 2019 demanding that they commit to divesting the University's £23million Endowment from Fossil Fuels.

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2015-02-09 19:04:09 -0500

100 signatures reached

2014-03-14 16:15:33 -0400

We have submitted a motion to the Dundee University's Student Association (DUSA)! You can check it out at :

http://www.dusa.co.uk/blog/dusa-referendums-do-you-support-or-oppose-these-motions/

2014-03-12 10:43:50 -0400

25 signatures reached

2014-03-11 06:48:08 -0400

10 signatures reached