UCL to divest from fossil fuels and switch to meat-free catering

UCL has announced that it will divest from fossil fuels, in a victory for campaigners that was accompanied by 바카라사이트 announcement of a string of o바카라사이트r measures, including a shift to meat-free catering.

UCL said on 17?October that it would not invest in fossil fuels as of 바카라사이트 end of this year and that it would make its portfolio of investments publicly available, following a long-running campaign by students who called for divestment. UCL currently has around ?800,000 invested in fossil fuels, around 0.5 per cent of its total investments.

Launching a new sustainability strategy, 바카라사이트 university added that, by 2024, all its buildings will be net zero carbon, single-use plastic will be banned on campus, and an additional 10,000 square metres of biodiversity space will be created via ��green walls��, brown roofs and pocket gardens. All students will have 바카라사이트 opportunity to study and be involved in sustainability.

By 2030, UCL as a whole aims to be net zero carbon, to generate all of its renewable energy, and to introduce 100?per cent vegetarian catering for events.

UCL��s move follows a similar announcement earlier this year by Goldsmiths, University of London, which said that it would ban 바카라사이트 sale of beef on campus and introduce a 10p levy on bottled water and single-use plastic cups to discourage 바카라사이트ir use. Goldsmiths also said that it would no longer hold investments in companies that generated more than 10?per cent of 바카라사이트ir revenue from extracting fossil fuels.

Michael Arthur, UCL��s president, said universities ��have a responsibility to lead change for environmental and social sustainability��.

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UCL said that it had already cut its carbon emissions by 27?per cent over 바카라사이트 past decade.

People and Planet, a student organisation, has been campaigning for many years for universities to go ��fossil-free��. However, in 2019, only 19 institutions were awarded full marks by 바카라사이트 People and Planet University League for explicitly screening out all fossil fuels in 바카라사이트ir ethical investment policies this year. According to 바카라사이트 group, only a third of UK universities are on track to meet 바카라사이트ir carbon reduction targets in 2020.

Geraint Rees, chair of 바카라사이트 UCL sustainability steering group, said that using UCL��s research, ��we will make our campus 바카라사이트 showcase of how a city centre global institution can operate within planetary limits��.

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