Rowan Williams calls on Cambridge University to divest from fossil fuels

Former archbishop of Canterbury says the university should withdraw its 5.8bn fund from from oil, coal and gas on ethical and financial grounds

Rowan Williams has called on the University of Cambridge to divest from fossil fuels, arguing that climate change is "a life-and-death question".

The former archbishop of Canterbury and master of Magdalene college made his comments in a foreword to a 74-page report on divestment by student campaign group Cambridge Zero Carbon Society.