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How strongly tied to the fossil fuel industry is the University of Edinburgh? Where should the responsibility lie in trying to minimise destruction caused by climate change? What role should the university be playing in combating the climate crisis?

Elizabeth Simmons, Alys Daniels-Creasey and Sarah Manning are postgraduate Earth Fellows with the Edinburgh Earth Initiative (EEI), conducting research on a range of climate projects through the university. We chat about the Fossil Fuel Ed project where the EEI are delving into university archives with the aim of uncovering exactly how much the university has benefited from the fossil fuel industry. We discuss accountability for past endeavours that we know have been so damaging to our planet, as well as how climate change is already causing devastation in many parts of the world. It was fascinating to chat about work at the EEI, which relies on Edinburgh students to carry out innovative and inspiring climate-related projects.

You can find out more about EEI at https://earth.ed.ac.uk/ or on Twitter at @EdinburghEarth.

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