.FosFreeResearch says that while renaming Cambridge's BP Institute would be 'symbolically important,' adopting a policy to reject 'all fossil fuel industry funding and research partnerships' is what's needed.
this week that"Cambridge is poised to become the first British university to remove an oil company's name from one of its buildings" following such demonstrations, and Stephen Toope, the school's vice-chancellor,"has told academics that a name that better reflects the university's values is to be agreed."
"This is a win not only for the Fossil Free Research campaigners at the University of Cambridge but for the entire Fossil Free Research movement, which spans continents," the campaign said in a statement Monday."It demonstrates an increasing acceptance by university management at our world's wealthiest universities that their continued partnerships with the oil and gas giants driving climate breakdown are morally indefensible.
"While a new name is symbolically important, it is vital that the institute also adopt an official policy of rejecting all fossil fuel industry funding and research partnerships," the campaign added."It is also essential that the university use its vast resources to support the institute in finding funding sources which do not compromise the institute's espoused research mission.
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