Divestment
Insurers told to pull cover from coal companies
NEWS: Climate risks linked to burning coal should make insurers think again before backing industry, says Jeremy Oppenheim
UN climate envoy backs fossil fuel divestment movement
NEWS: Mary Robinson says funds should consider the impact of their fossil fuel investments on communities vulnerable to climate change
Oxford University delays fossil fuel divestment decision
NEWS: Campaigners disappointed as University Council puts off decision on future of £3.8bn endowment until May
UN climate change body backs fossil fuel divestment campaign
GUARDIAN: Climate convention lends ‘moral authority’ to campaign to get investors to ditch fossil fuel investments
Global Divestment Day – in pictures
BLOG: From Berlin to Mumbai to the Marshall Islands, photographers captured the weird and wonderful divestment day protests
Glasgow divestment helped spawn a European climate movement
COMMENT: When Glasgow University ditched dirty energy investments, it gave the movement new momentum, says Sophie Beaumert
What has the divestment movement achieved so far?
ANALYSIS: Fossil fuel companies are feeling the pressure from a climate campaign that started in 2011. What has got them spooked?
Coal lobby plays down divestment fears
NEWS: World Coal Association admits that divestment is a concern for the industry, but says it won’t dent growth
Pope urged to divest from fossil fuels as he visits Philippines
NEWS: Campaigners call on Pope Francis to show his support for victims of climate change by taking on vested interests
Stanford professors call for full fossil fuel divestment
NEWS: California university was the wealthiest to cut ties with coal companies last May; 295 academics want oil and gas to go next
Investors question fossil fuel industry as renewables rise
NEWS: Increasing oil production but falling demand creates problems for fossil fuel industry as investors turn away from sector
Harvard and UCL students ramp up divestment campaigns
NEWS: From a lawsuit in Boston to a “die-in” in London, campaigners are raising pressure on universities to drop fossil fuel ties
Church of England faces new pressure to divest fossil fuel holdings
NEWS: Diocese of Oxford demands divestment, and promises to review its own investments in fossil fuels
Bill McKibben: the climate movement needs to get confrontational
INTERVIEW: The writer and reluctant activist tells RTCC greens must challenge the financial might of fossil fuel companies
Veteran campaigner slams Shell’s “Jekyll and Hyde” climate stance
NEWS: Bill McKibben, founder of 350.org, uses Shell-sponsored conference to accuse oil giant of hypocrisy on climate change
Divestment campaigners set their sights on UK banks
NEWS: Activists put pressure on banks to pull out of fossil fuel companies in demonstrations outside HSBC, Barclays and RBS this week
Sweden pledges $500m to Green Climate Fund
NEWS: New budget from centre-left government offers additional cash for developing countries
Divestment campaign signs up first Swedish city
NEWS: Örebro has committed to drop its investments in coal, oil and gas companies, in line with a goal to go fossil-free by 2050
Glasgow becomes first UK university to ditch fossil fuel assets
NEWS: Divestment movement gains new member as top academic institution warns climate impacts could cause devastation
Leading Australian pension fund ditches coal holdings
NEWS: LGS chief executive cites increased risks of fossil fuel assets as reason for divestment