Watch Now: UTES Oxford-Style Debate on University Fossil Fuel Divestment
Watch IGS Associate Director Cutler Cleveland make the case for divestment in the University of Texas at Austin Energy Institute’s Oxford-Style Debate on University Fossil Fuel Divestment on October 11, 2022.
“Given the educational and research missions of universities, should university endowments divest investments from companies that extract, transport, refine, sell, or otherwise serve in the supply chain of fossil fuels?”
Debate participants “for” divestment:
- Cutler Cleveland, Professor of Earth & Environment and Associate Director, Institute for Global Sustainability, Boston University
- Dan Cohn, Global Energy Transition Researcher, Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis
Debate participants “against” divestment:
- Bradford Cornell, Professor of Finance, UCLA
- Brent Bennett, Policy Director for Life: Powered, Texas Public Policy Foundation