Divestment
No greenwash: Investors urged to disclose climate strategy
NEWS: More than 1,000 investors worth US$70 trillion have been challenged to show how they are managing climate risk
Development banks promise to back climate action
NEWS: Six major funders say they have provided US$ 75 billion since 2011 and will increase cooperation on low carbon finance
Declare climate change health emergency, say charities
BLOG: Fifteen health charities say climate change is a health emergency, and health organisations should divest from fossil fuels
Pope Francis petitioned to drop fossil fuel investments
NEWS: Pressure mounts on Vatican to join other religious institutions in divesting from coal, oil and gas
University of London’s SOAS freezes fossil fuel investments
NEWS: UK student campaign against oil, gas and coal holdings gathers pace with two universities considering divesting
Climate-friendly bonds are worth US$500bn – report
NEWS: The growing green bond market could stimulate low carbon investment and complement the divestment movement, says think-tank
Should the arts reject money from oil companies?
COMMENT: As churches and universities divest from fossil fuels, it’s time for the cultural industries to follow suit
World Council of Churches divests from fossil fuels
NEWS: A group representing half a billion Christians has said it will no longer invest in coal, oil and gas
Australian bishop accuses Tony Abbott of “denigrating” climate science
NEWS: Climate pressure ramped up on Prime Minister, as Anglican church backs moves to ditch oil, gas and coal holdings
Glasgow University could ditch £19m fossil fuel assets
NEWS: Official panel recommends Glasgow follows other academic institutions in ditching oil and gas investments
Catholic university divests from fossil fuels
NEWS: University of Dayton is largest endowment fund to completely reject fossil fuel investments so far
Fossil-free investment portfolios soared 50% in 2013
NEWS: Investment managers are increasingly offering fossil-free portfolios to their clients, survey finds
Divestment campaign spreads to New Zealand
NEWS: Dunedin becomes first city in New Zealand to stop investing in fossil fuels
Stanford University divestment is a warning to coal industry
ANALYSIS: Stanford’s divestment from the coal industry could mark beginning of a new wave of investor action on climate change
Stanford University to end investment in coal
NEWS: Prestigious American university pledges to divest its $18.7bn endowment fund from coal industry
Australian banks lose millions of dollars as customers divest
NEWS: Hundreds of customers have closed accounts at Australia’s four biggest banks in protest at their fossil fuel investments
Campaigners release ‘hit list’ of 200 largest fossil fuel companies
NEWS: Divestment index reveals polluting companies which ethical investors ‘should avoid’
Pope urged to back fossil fuel divestment campaign
NEWS: Pope should use influence to encourage institutions to remove their funds from fossil fuel industry, write religious groups
Harvard faculty demands fossil fuel divestment
NEWS: Harvard’s refusal to divest from fossil fuels is “self-contradictory” and illogical, claim university faculty members
Norway’s oil fund to increase clean energy investments
NEWS: Norway’s $800 billion wealth fund to double investments in renewables and energy efficiency