THE area's new elected councillors are being asked to back a campaign to divest the council’s pension funds from oil, gas and coal.

The Strathclyde Pension fund, which is the largest local government pension fund in Scotland, had an estimated £836 million invested in fossil fuels as of 2021.

Green MSP Ross Greer says there is clear evidence that moving money out of these industries will not only help tackle the climate emergency, but protect the pensions of those who rely on it.

He said: “This would send a strong signal to the hundreds of thousands of people whose pensions rely on this fund that the council is looking out for their best interests.”