Fossil Free Lesley

As public pressure to confront climate change builds, we call on Lesley University to immediately freeze any new investment in fossil fuel companies and to divest existing divestments within five years from direct ownership and from any commingled funds that include fossil fuel public equities and corporate bonds. We believe such action on behalf of Lesley will not only be a sound decision for our institution’s financial portfolio, but also for the wellbeing of its current and future graduating classes, who deserve the opportunity to graduate with a future not defined by climate chaos.

Global climate change is accelerating. We can see from increased global temperatures, extreme weather events and scientific research that carbon emissions are having a direct and lasting impact on our planet. We are already above the limit of 350 parts per million CO2 that scientists consider safe for our climate. Also, we have already seen the cost and devastation that can come as a result of climate change. From Typhoon Haiyan, to Hurricane Sandy, to the accelerating erosion of the Maldives, it is clear that climate change comes with an astronomical cost.