Edinburgh Science Festival Divests from Fossil Fuels

That the Parliament welcomes the Edinburgh Science Festival’s decision to no longer accept funding from fossil fuel companies or their primary trade bodies; commends Science Unstained, a grassroots group of scientists, science lovers and activists, who ran a campaign calling for the Edinburgh Science Festival to sever its ties with the fossil fuels industry; considers that this announcement comes after a number of other victories for divestment campaigners, including the recent announcement that the University of Stirling will be the ninth organisation in Scotland to commit to ending investment in fossil fuel companies, and calls on other publicly-funded organisations to outline plans to transition their investments away from fossil fuel companies.