The Bill and Melinda Gates’ Foundation is the world’s largest charitable foundation and funder of medical research. It had $1.4bn (£1bn) invested in fossil fuel companies, according to its latest available tax filings from 2013. former mayor Michael McGinn said that Gates could not simultaneously “hit the brake and the accelerator at the same time” in his approach to tackling climate change. The campaign’s launch on Wednesday will include a demonstration outside the foundation’s visitor centre under a sign which reads “Every person deserves the chance to live a healthy, productive life”. The protesters’ banner reads: “Yes they do! Divest from fossil fuels now.” Campaigners plan to gather there every day until the foundation commits to shift its assets away from fossil fuel companies.
— source theguardian.com