As public pressure to confront climate change builds, students call on Deakin University to immediately freeze any new investment in fossil-fuel companies, and to divest within five years from direct ownership and from any commingled funds that include fossil-fuel public equities and corporate bonds. We believe such action on behalf of our University will not only be a sound decision for our institution’s financial portfolio, but also for the wellbeing of its current and future graduating classes, who deserve the opportunity to graduate with a future not defined by climate chaos. As a university that promotes itself as 'worldly', Deakin must commit to divest from fossil fuels for the sake of not only its students but for the world as a whole.