Green power: UCT put in crosshairs by climate crisis activists taking a stand against fossil fuels

Green power: UCT put in crosshairs by climate crisis activists taking a stand against fossil fuels
Victoria O’Regan
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Cardboard signs decorated the steps of the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Bremner building on Tuesday during a protest by UCT students and representatives of the Green Campus Initiative (GCI), Fossil Free South Africa and the Climate Justice Charter Movement (CJCM).
The messages were clear: “UCT your house is on fire.” “Stop funding climate change!” “UCT divest now!”
The placards’ creators — a group of about 20 protesters — had gathered to demand an end to the institution’s investment in fossil fuels and were calling for the University Panel on Responsible Investment (UPRI) “to make the strongest recommendations on fossil fuel divestment” to the UCT Council in September 2021.

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