The scope of global fossil fuel divestment has doubled over the past 15 months, with institutions and individuals controlling $5.197 trillion in assets pledging to divest. The announcement comes on the first anniversary of the Paris agreement on climate change. “One year after the adoption of the historic Paris climate agreement, it’s clear the transition […]
I delivered powerful words to the Sterling College graduating class of 2016 on May 7. I spoke on the need for climate leadership in the 21st century in order to have a graduating class in 2116. I mentioned how the climate change movement is for everyone and that we must act now. I emphasized the […]
Copenhagen‘s mayor announced plans to shed coal, oil and gas from the city’s 6.9bn kroner ($1.1 billion) investment fund. Photo credit: Fossil Free Europe This will make Copenhagen the country’s first investment fund to divest. The proposal is widely expected to be approved at a finance committee meeting next Tuesday. There is no decision yet […]
The City of Oslo has, today, become the first capital city in the world to ban investments in fossil fuels, as it announced it will divest its $9 billion pension fund from coal, oil and gas companies. Today’s announcement follows a previous pledge in March to ban investment in coal. Lan Marie Nguyen Berg, of […]
The global movement to divest from fossil fuels and invest in renewable energy has exploded, topping at $2.6 trillion and growing 50-fold in just one year, according to a new analysis released today. To date, 430 institutions and 2,040 individuals have pledged to divest from fossil fuels from governments and investors in 43 countries and […]
Hannah Nesser is a junior at Yale College studying environmental engineering and organizing with Fossil Free Yale. Nineteen Yale students were arrested by Yale police yesterday following a day-long sit-in that called for the university to reopen the conversation on fossil fuel divestment. Yale is one of the first schools where a fossil fuel divestment action has led […]
Laura Mistretta is a senior Environmental Science and Policy major at Duke University’s Nicholas School of the Environment. As a student of environmental science I have made it a priority to understand the root causes of climate change in the hopes of contributing to a solution. My classes have highlighted numerous possible points of intervention: […]
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