Microsoft Word - AGU Letter .docx

In a letter dated 10 March 2022, Scientists for Global Responsibility (SGR) acknowledges the American Geophysical Union's (AGU) commitment to fossil fuel divestment and net carbon neutrality but requests specific details on the timeline, exclusion strategies, measurement methods, and transparency of these investments. SGR calls on the AGU to redirect investments toward climate mitigation technologies, report its portfolio's carbon footprint, sever ties with corporations guilty of major malpractice, and sign the Pledge to Net Zero. The letter suggests a completion deadline of mid-2023 and references the 'Science Oath for the Climate' and the impact of COP26 and legal rulings against Shell as drivers for improved climate governance.

• SGR requests that the American Geophysical Union (AGU) clarify four specific points regarding its divestment and neutrality goals: the expected date of full divestment, the strategy for explicitly excluding fossil fuels to ensure long-term commitment, the method for measuring the path to net carbon neutrality across investments, and the means of ensuring transparency regarding specific company or sector investments.
• SGR proposes four specific actions for the AGU to implement by mid-2023: redirecting investments toward climate mitigation and planetary health (including energy conservation, renewable energy, and energy storage), reporting the investment portfolio's carbon footprint via tools like the Montreal Pledge website, eliminating financial links to corporations with significant penalties for law-breaking or malpractice in the last five years, and signing the Pledge to Net Zero.
• The demand for better climate governance is framed by SGR as a result of increased reputational sensitivity following COP26 and a Dutch court ruling requiring Shell to reduce emissions in accordance with the Paris Agreement.

APA

Scientists for Global Responsibility (2022). Microsoft Word - AGU Letter .docx. https://www.sgr.org.uk/sites/default/files/2022-05/Letter_to_AGU.pdf

Chicago

Scientists for Global Responsibility. Microsoft Word - AGU Letter .docx. 2022. https://www.sgr.org.uk/sites/default/files/2022-05/Letter_to_AGU.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{scientistsforglobalresponsibility2022microsoft, author = {{Scientists for Global Responsibility}}, title = {{Microsoft Word - AGU Letter .docx}}, publisher = {Scientists for Global Responsibility}, year = {2022}, month = mar, url = {https://www.sgr.org.uk/sites/default/files/2022-05/Letter_to_AGU.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }