The Royal Society, Britain’s leading science organisation, has millions of pounds invested in fossil fuel companies. At the same time, it has published many doom-laden reports on the impact of human activity on the environment, and many of its members are devoted to researching climate change. It is hypocritical for the Society’s money to be invested in companies whose operations are in conflict with many of its publications and the careers of its members. The Society should abandon its investments in fossil fuels. This would be following the example of other organisations such as the National Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company.