At its first meeting of the year on Jan. 8, the Board of Regents (BOR) Budget and Finance Committee unanimously voiced support for divestment from fossil fuels. The conversation continued with the full board on Jan. 22 addressing the appointment of a task group and reviewing BOR policies on investment and sustainability.
Climate change is the most important issue of the century. In his 2015 State of the Union address, President Obama affirmed that no challenge poses a greater threat to future generations than climate change. Just months prior to that, the Pentagon reported that climate change is the greatest threat to national security.
Divestment acknowledges this by purging endowments and pension funds of fossil fuel investments and takes the fossil fuel industry to task for its culpability in the climate change crisis.
via UH should divest endowment from fossil fuels – Ka Leo O Hawaii: Opinion.