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Articles on University divestment
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An analysis of media coverage provides lessons for how to move the climate debate forward and other highly polarized issues.
Universities have the power to transform society not just through how they operate their campuses, but also through how they invest their endowments and pensions funds.
The pressure for organisations to divest from fossil fuels is coming from institutions with relatively little financial clout. But soon the richest and most powerful will have no choice but to join in.
La Trobe University is the first Australian university to commit to divesting fully from fossil fuels, but will it have any impact?
The Paris climate deal has supposedly sent a signal to the wider world that now is the time to pull out of fossil fuel investments. Universities can set the pace – but they need to do more.
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Postdoctoral Research Associate in Existential Risk, University of Cambridge
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Associate Professor. Head of Department, La Trobe Business School, La Trobe University
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Professor of Management & Organizations; Professor of Environment & Sustainability; Professor of Sustainable Enterprise at the Ross School of Business and School of Environment and Sustainability, University of Michigan
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Associate Professor, Sustainable Finance, Nottingham Trent University
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Lecturer and PhD Candidate UCT Graduate School of Business, University of Cape Town
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Assistant Professor at the Fox School of Business, Temple University
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Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Missouri-St. Louis
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Ph.D. Candidate in Political Science & International Affairs, University of Georgia
