Resource Title

The Case for Fossil Fuel Divestment

Summary

Climate change is at a speed unprecedented in all human experience and is happening now as a result of human caused greenhouse gas emissions so this booklet is asking institutions to firstly, immediately freeze any new investment in fossil fuel companies and; divest from direct ownership and any commingled funds that include fossil fuel public equities and corporate bonds within 5 years

Resource Details

Author: An Taisce
Publisher: An Taisce
Country of Publication: Ireland
Year: 2015
Page Count: 15

Curriculum Subjects: Civic Social and Political Education, Education for Sustainable Development, Social Environmental and Scientific Education
Intended Audience: 16+ years
Format: Campaign Document
Topics: Activism, Climate Change, Climate Justice, ESD, Fossil Fuels
SDGs: 7. Affordable and Clean Energy, 13. Climate Action
Countries of Focus: Ireland, Global

Description

In this 15-page booklet, An Taisce demonstrate that ‘if it is wrong to wreck the climate, then it is wrong to profit from that wreckage’. They make the case for educational and religious institutions, governments, and other organisations that serve the public good to divest from fossil fuels, as well as suggested further reading.

The booklet is comprised of 6 sections to support this campaign:

What is Fossil Free?
What is Divestment?
Why Divest?
The Science
The Carbon Budget

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