Students go on hunger strike to pressure Cambridge University to divest

Three undergraduates are embarking on the direct action as part of an ongoing campaign to stop the university investing in fossil fuels

Three students at the Cambridge University have gone on hunger strike as part of an increasingly bitter campaign to stop the university investing in fossil fuel companies.

The move by the three undergraduates is part of an ongoing divestment campaign at the university that has been supported by hundreds of academics and scientists - including Sir David King, until recently the UK's permanent special representative for climate change, Thomas Blundell, the former president of the UK Science Council and the author Robert Macfarlane.