Up to now, Vanderbilt has primarily approached the climate crisis from a mainstream, business-as-usual, incrementalist approach by 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 on carbon neutrality to 2050. (tinyurl.com/y4lkdpbz)
 
However, if even a third of existing global carbon reserves are burned prior to 2050, it will be 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐭 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞 to less than 2 degrees C, causing widespread violence and suffering. (tinyurl.com/y6b679sd)

In order to faithfully realize the FutureVU core principles of Sustainability and 'Being a Good Citizen' to the greater Nashville area, 𝐕𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐭 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐣𝐨𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐔.𝐒. 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬, as soon as possible, in releasing a forceful statement of a plan to divest. (tinyurl.com/vxzu7vp)

Vanderbilt demonstrated as recently as 2013 that it 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭 our endowment (tinyurl.com/y3lzwpve) from unethical enterprises that 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 (tinyurl.com/y4xhd2ft). In addition, our 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 find that fossil fuel divestment will not negatively affect the endowment’s bottom-line. (tinyurl.com/y278h4cu)

As such, we hope the Board of Trust Investment Committee will join us in accelerating Vanderbilt's effort to stand on the right side of this historic 𝐞𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥, 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐨𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜, and 𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 issue. (tinyurl.com/y4vrkjjo)

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐰!