Fossil fuel divestment funds rise to $6tn
by 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
Tag: Fossil fuel divestment
Shell’s 1991 warning: climate changing ‘at faster rate than at any time since end of ice age’
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
Climate change / Culture / Environment / News / Opinion
Keep it in the ground: five trillion reasons to be happy
The value of investment funds committed to selling off fossil fuel assets has jumped to $5.2tn, doubling in just over a year
Culture / Environment / News / Spirituality
Catholic orders take their lead from the pope and divest from fossil fuels
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