Dunedin City Council has announced it intends to withdraw investment in fossil fuels companies that contribute to climate change, as part of its new ethical investment...
A forthcoming UN report will say there is still time to prevent runaway climate change, but only if investment is rapidly shifted away from fossil fuels...
The Netherlands has vowed to stop financing new coal projects overseas, in an announcement that has been hailed as another positive sign for the fossil fuel...
Oil giant Royal Dutch Shell has warned that its profits are likely to be affected by international efforts to curb climate change, as campaigners say investors...
Two new reports have strengthened the case for fossil fuel divestment, arguing that polluting energy assets fuel a ‘carbon bubble’ in Europe and that moving away...
A coalition of 17 philanthropic foundations, with combined assets of nearly $2 billion (£1.2 billion), has pledged to divest from fossil fuels in an effort to...
A leading environmental campaign group has come up with a unique idea to create a cause and effect link between driving and climate change. US-based 350.org...
Professors from the University of California and Cornell University have called on academic institutions to listen to the students who were calling for the divestment of fossil...
Authorities in the US state of Vermont are reportedly divided between those who support divestment from fossil fuel companies and those claiming that it would be...
The devastation in the Philippines reminds us of our responsibility to stop profiting from the wreckage caused by companies whose business plan includes destroying the planet,...
Higher education institutions that don’t divest from fossil fuel companies because it’s the right thing to do should divest from “stranded assets” because it makes financial...
The Dutch town of Boxtel is set to become the first municipality in Europe to divest from fossil fuels companies. This follows its decision to ban...
British universities have strong connections to the fossil fuels industry, with the equivalent of £2,083 invested for each UK student in the sector, according to a...
Gary Horvitz, an activist working on 350.org’s divestment campaign in the US, looks at why Harvard University is so seemingly reluctant to ditch its investments in...
The president of one of the most prestigious and richest universities in the world has told students and its board that when it comes to fossil...