Fossil fuel divestment funds rise to $6tn
Insurance companies lead the sell-off of coal, oil and gas stocks over climate change and financial fears – oil majors now cite divestment as a risk to them
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Insurance companies lead the sell-off of coal, oil and gas stocks over climate change and financial fears – oil majors now cite divestment as a risk to them
Critics say public information film shows Shell ‘understood the threat was dire, potentially existential for civilisation, more than a quarter of a century ago’
• ‘Shell knew’: oil giant’s 1991 film warned of climate change danger
The value of investment funds committed to selling off fossil fuel assets has jumped to $5.2tn, doubling in just over a year
Exclusive: Four Australian Catholic orders are jointly and publicly divesting from coal, oil and gas: ‘We believe the Gospel asks no less of us’
• Divesting from fossil fuels: open letter from religious leaders in full