Press Release: Civil Society sends a message to Alok Sharma: Keep polluters out of COP26 25 March 2021 Press Release by GCOP Facebook Twitter Today, over 170 grassroots groups from…
We believe that fossil fuel divestment is the most effective way to decarbonise the energy sector. So why is divestment the way to go? We take you through the key…
Watch our COP26 video explainer In November, global United Nations climate conference COP26 comes to our city of Glasgow. There's no two ways about it: this is absolutely giant. It…
Protest by Belen Dice No A La Mineria Impacts of mega-mining investments in Latin America Recently Divest Strathclyde was delighted to be part of the COP26 Coalition's ‘Global Gathering’ -…
Beginning the road to COP26: climate groups meet in Glasgow, 2020. Divest Strathclyde statement in response to the Glasgow City Council Climate Emergency Implementation Plan (CEIP) Strathclyde Pension Fund divestment…
Polluters Sponsoring COP26: What can be done? Facebook Twitter 19 Oct 2020By Joanna, Robin and ScottWhy do fossil fuel companies still get to sponsor international negotiations to tackle climate change?…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szNzr3yTcTE&feature=youtu.be Why have climate activists been calling on the Strathclyde Pension Fund to ‘divest’ from fossil fuels for years? What does ‘divestment’ mean and why is it so important? Why…
COP25 was a playground for polluters, COP26 must be different Facebook Twitter By Eilidh RobbCOP25 will likely go down in history, but not in the ways the Chilean presidency might…
Ric Lander speaks to Živilė Mantrimaitė and Miriam Wilson about their role in the seminal campaign to divest Glasgow University from fossil fuels. The students of Glasgow University Climate Action…
Originally published in the Scottish Left Review. Mathieu Munsch explains how the stability of our pension funds is closely tied to the global climate crisis. Manifestations of the ongoing ecological…