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Time for divestment and oil subsidy campaigns to join forces?

Investors are less likely to divest if governments continue to prop up the sector with rampant subsidies, aid and investments

Head of France’s top public pension fund says engagement on climate change within companies can deliver results

NEWS: Fossil fuel industry must show it is ‘force for good’ says Al-Naimi in face of campaign to blacklist polluting assets

IN REVIEW: No country was left untouched by the shifting climate and energy geopolitical plates in the last 12 months. Here’s our roundup.

NEWS: Scale of ditched assets enters trillions of dollars, smashing expectations as private firms lead charge, study says

NEWS: Shifting funds out of coal, oil and gas could make “a very important contribution” to Paris deal, says Connie Hedegaard

NEWS: Roddick and Sainsbury dynasty latest to make low carbon pledge, as fund managers say movement is now “mainstream”

NEWS: Top polluters are failing to appreciate scale of “rapid” campaigns around world and size of investors involved

NEWS: Reactions to university rejection of coal and tar sands range from “great leadership” to handing back degrees in disgust

NEWS: Religious body to withdraw £12 million from coal and tar sands as it opts for new ‘ethical’ low-carbon policy

NEWS: Staff at SOAS and UCL write to governing bodies urging them to ditch nearly £20 million in oil, gas and coal holdings

NEWS: Mary Robinson says funds should consider the impact of their fossil fuel investments on communities vulnerable to climate change

NEWS: Campaigners disappointed as University Council puts off decision on future of £3.8bn endowment until May

GUARDIAN: Climate convention lends ‘moral authority’ to campaign to get investors to ditch fossil fuel investments

BLOG: From Berlin to Mumbai to the Marshall Islands, photographers captured the weird and wonderful divestment day protests

COMMENT: When Glasgow University ditched dirty energy investments, it gave the movement new momentum, says Sophie Beaumert

ANALYSIS: Fossil fuel companies are feeling the pressure from a climate campaign that started in 2011. What has got them spooked?

NEWS: World Coal Association admits that divestment is a concern for the industry, but says it won’t dent growth

NEWS: California university was the wealthiest to cut ties with coal companies last May; 295 academics want oil and gas to go next

NEWS: From a lawsuit in Boston to a “die-in” in London, campaigners are raising pressure on universities to drop fossil fuel ties