Cambridge Climate Justice - FKA Zero Carbon

21/03/2024

HAVE YOU HEARD?
Cambridge University has hit pause on new funding partnerships with the fossil fuel industry. This is a huge step towards ending the fossil fuel industry's corrupting influence on our university.
The decision comes almost 8 months after the university released an independent report, by UN High Level Climate Action Champion Nigel Topping, which agreed that taking funding from companies expanding fossil fuel extraction doesn't square with the university's climate obligations and ambitions.

None of this would have been possible without over a decade of campaigning from students, staff and the wider Cambridge community! Get involved now to help us make this change permanent.

Read more about it:
https://www.ft.com/content/8011217f-573b-4d8a-aa6a-ae7ca280ed80

photo by Marine Mercier

07/12/2023

It's ABBA-out time Cambridge Uni cut fossil fuel ties once and for all! We organised a flash mob urging the University to take action and stop 'kicking the can down the road' 👀...
Read more about what we got up to in Varsity:

Student climate activists serenaded a Cambridge shopping centre with a parody of ABBA's 'Money, Money, Money'

27/11/2023

Join us on Tuesday night in Selwyn JCR to reach out to university staff, enjoy free vegan pizza and have a good time! 🍕 😋 Come whatever time works for you after 7pm and bring some kind of device to send emails! Looking forwards to seeing lots of you there 😊

15/11/2023

Huge Fossil Free Careers win for Swansea! Will you be next, University of Cambridge?

09/11/2023

READ 🧐

Last week we held a rally for Fossil Free Research, find out what The Cambridge Tab has to say about it:

Protestors rallied on King's Parade after months of no action from university

19/07/2023

📢 JUST OUT: a WIN for our Fossil Free Research campaign 🚫🛢️
Yesterday, UN Climate Champion Nigel Topping released his report into Cambridge's fossil fuel industry ties, strongly calling for the University to STOP accepting research funding from fossil fuel companies! However, we are disappointed by his decision to recommend continued collaboration with these companies and acceptance of funding from their green subsidiaries.
The University now needs to ACT - no more kicking the can down the road. We will continue to push for it to cut all ties with the fossil fuel industry.

The report is available to read here

Foreword In July 2022 members of the University put forward a proposal calling for an end to all sponsorship and collaboration with companies involved in the

04/06/2023

HUGE NEWS: The British Museum has ended its funding partnership with BP!

The tide is turning against Big Oil industry links. Yet other cultural institutions like the Science Museum continue to receive sponsorships from fossil fuel companies like Adani, whilst Cambridge University continues to allow these companies to fund its research. Will you be next to break up with fossil fuels, University of Cambridge or Science Museum?

Campaigners hail split as a ‘massive victory’ , which marks a retreat of the fossil fuel giant from the British arts world

01/06/2023

NEWS UPDATE: US and EU Lawmakers have RALLIED AGAINST the appointment of an OIL CEO as the next COP28 president!

Expert, however, says the US and EU cannot intervene in the decision to elect Cop28 president

29/05/2023

Cambridge SU OVERWHELMINGLY backs Fossil Free Research!!!

With 74% in favour, Cambridge SU is now committed to joining us in lobbying the university to stop accepting fossil fuel money for research.

It's over to you, University of Cambridge.

The motion obligates the SU to lobby the university to reject funding from fossil fuel companies

18/05/2023

PHOTOS from Cambridge Climate Justice rally on King’s Parade to demand an end to university research funding in solidarity with the End Fossil: Occupy! week of action 📢

Fossil fuel money biases research outcomes and allows these companies to greenwash their reputation

We had some fantastic speakers including Birdgirl, a member of the Green Party, Boycott Banks Destruction and more! It was an amazing, important and uplifting event, with a great turnout :))

Follow Fossil Free Research on social media and come along to our weekly meetings at 7pm on Thursdays to find out more!