The most recent news on the #fossilfuel #divestment movement from all over the world (that means: from Twitter).
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December 21
Divestment, disclosure and engagement are among the big trends that will see environmental themes continue to muscle their way up the investment agenda, says @Enviro_Finance's Peter Cripps. #SRI #Divestment #Disclosure #ImpInv
➡️ https://t.co/wvUl8cpQq4— Eurosif (@Eurosif) December 21, 2017
"No new permits will be granted to extract fossil fuels and no existing licences will be renewed beyond 2040, when all production in mainland France and its overseas territories will stop." https://t.co/pUrwGmf8fy
— 350.org Europe (@350Europe) December 21, 2017
December 20
BREAKING NEWS AGAIN! The #divestment movement is on FIRE today.@NYCComptroller just announced he will move a proposal to #divestny city funds. https://t.co/K2lrLRlhk7
— Divest 4 Democracy (@democracydivest) December 19, 2017
With @NYSComptroller, New York State will begin planning to divest the state retirement fund from fossil fuels. pic.twitter.com/Ramzh8tHgS
— Andrew Cuomo (@NYGovCuomo) December 20, 2017
Read my statement on the Governor's 2018 State of the State proposal regarding the NYS pension fund. https://t.co/VEsHm0FIsx pic.twitter.com/tUEhEobWLU
— Tom DiNapoli (@NYSComptroller) December 19, 2017
Climate change poses real risks to people, the planet & our pension beneficiaries. The NYC funds have led in addressing the threat of climate change – and in the coming weeks we’ll keep building on our efforts by exploring de-carbonizIng our portfolios.https://t.co/EFjvjlYDtt
— Scott M. Stringer (@NYCComptroller) December 20, 2017
Ginormous victories for fossil fuel #divestment movement today as New York State AND City pension funds begin to #divest, & France becomes 1st country in world to ban new/any oil exploration now/2040.
"First they ignore you…" #KeepItInTheGround pic.twitter.com/FICV0UDZQK
— Geoffrey Supran (@GeoffreySupran) December 20, 2017
A historic #divestment in New York. Nice work, @350. #DivestNY #ActOnClimatehttps://t.co/zTY20jDOwa
— Catholic Climate Mvt (@CathClimateMvmt) December 20, 2017
WOW.
Not only is the New York City & State coal, oil & gas #divestment the largest pension commitment in the world, it's also the largest #divestment commitment in the world AT ALL. PERIOD. #DivestNY pic.twitter.com/wuOGUCARfR
— Lindsay Meiman (@lindsaymeim14) December 20, 2017
#NewYork City Comptroller Scott Stringer has announced he will examine ways to #decarbonise the city’s five pension funds, which have a combined value of $160bn. #ESG #SRI #ClimateChange https://t.co/BY7a7FqWHI
— As You Sow (@AsYouSow) December 20, 2017
VICTORY! New York proposes the largest ever #divestment commitment from coal, oil, and gas in history. "The dam has broken." – @billmckibben
This is possible in your city and state too. Sign up for the fight for a #FossilFree world today: https://t.co/WL6k19ASHZ pic.twitter.com/rA54BZKq9u
— 350 dot org (@350) December 20, 2017
Quelle fin d’année formidable pour le désinvestissement! Le décompte «gofossilfree» est rendu à la barre des 6 000 milliards $. Et maintenant cette nouvelle source d'inspiration qui nous éclaire depuis New York! Ces fonds représentent 390 milliards $! https://t.co/M8WkLOLwuP pic.twitter.com/h41EZGY3SL
— FondationDavidSuzuki (@FondDavidSuzuki) December 20, 2017
December 19
Very proud that France has become the first country in the world today to ban any new oil exploration licences with immediate effect and all oil extraction by 2040. #KeepItInTheGround #MakeOurPlanetGreatAgain
— Emmanuel Macron (@EmmanuelMacron) December 19, 2017
Aujourd’hui, le Parlement vient d’adopter le projet de loi mettant fin à la recherche et à l’exploitation des hydrocarbures. Nous faisons ainsi la preuve que les générations actuelles peuvent prendre soin des générations futures #PlanClimat #accorddeparis 🌿 pic.twitter.com/ouYcFoYjjr
— Nicolas Hulot (@N_Hulot) December 19, 2017
The #fossilfuel #divestment bill is moving to 3rd Stage in the #Dáil – Thank you to Ireland's political representatives who helped take this positive step for climate justice. @ThomasPringleTD @labour @sinnfeinireland @pb4p @SocDems @greenparty_ie
— Megan Kuster (@megkuster) December 19, 2017
December 18
Pension funds will be free to dump shares in coal, gas and oil https://t.co/iqs8LIYY9t #divestment
— Neil Verlander (@neilvic) December 18, 2017
The #fossilfuel #divestment bill is moving to 3rd Stage in the #Dáil – Thank you to Ireland's political representatives who helped take this positive step for climate justice. @ThomasPringleTD @fiannafailparty @labour @sinnfeinireland @pb4p @SocDems @greenparty_ie @FineGael pic.twitter.com/9fcI4B8E2v
— Trócaire (@trocaire) December 18, 2017
American banks and pension funds need to follow Europe's example. #Fossilfuels are dead … and increasingly uninsurable. #Divestment #divestinvest #impinv #ESG #SRI #cleanenergy #renewables #climate https://t.co/rrfnEWUu6K
— Carol J. Clouse (@caroljclouse) December 15, 2017
December 14
My Fossil Fuel #Divestment Bill has been given the go-ahead by Finance Comm to progress to Committee stage in New Year #newpolitics #FossilFuels @HighlandNews @DonegalNowNews @donegaldaily @DemocratPromo @OceanFmIreland @IrishTimesPol #Dail @GreenNewsDaily https://t.co/WtD1XZGtvM
— Thomas Pringle T.D. (@ThomasPringleTD) December 14, 2017
Great #Fossilfree news for 2018! The Irish #FossilFuel #Divestment Bill has been given the go-ahead by Finance Committee to progress to the next stage in the New Year! 🎉🎉Congratulations to @ThomasPringleTD for all his hard work! @350 @350Europe @billmckibben https://t.co/lBmPJz8tPV
— Trócaire (@trocaire) December 14, 2017
December 12
BREAKING: Because of climate change, @WorldBank will no longer finance new oil developments after 2019 https://t.co/45PEb9zomO
— Doug Parr (@doug_parr) December 12, 2017
#BreakingNews: @WorldBank will no longer finance upstream #oil and #gas after 2019 → https://t.co/jgbOEBBJse #OnePlanet pic.twitter.com/BYaYLgV4sD
— World Bank (@WorldBank) December 12, 2017
Nous sommes 80 économistes à demander l'arrêt des investissements dans les énergies fossiles et le développement massif des énergies renouvelables #PasUnEuroDePlus #NotAPennyMore #OnePlanetSummit https://t.co/iZQkRz5nJV
— Thomas Porcher (@PorcherThomas) December 7, 2017
@AXA stepping up on climate action by expanding their #divestment fivefold #OnePlanet https://t.co/NUhsTvIUmQ
— Brett Fleishman (@BrettFleishman) December 12, 2017
Bravo! World beating announcements from @AXA CEO @thomasbuberl Quadrupling green investments by 2020, ramping up coal & oil sand #divestment, stopping insuring new coal & oil sand projects and reporting using @FSB_TCFD guidelines pic.twitter.com/yj8BT9al9G
— Nick Robins (@NVJRobins1) December 12, 2017
Insurance giant Axa dumps investments in tar sands pipelines https://t.co/8wxncVtKJU
— Guardian Environment (@guardianeco) December 12, 2017
Axa has broken new ground by not only divesting from 25 tar sands companies, but also from three major pipelines needed to deliver their oil to market. #Divestment #OnePlanetSummit https://t.co/dWAhHchoC2
— Eurosif (@Eurosif) December 12, 2017
📢 #AXA accelerates its commitment to fight #climatechange #OnePlanetSummit https://t.co/A2l7nhDfjg
— AXA (@AXA) December 12, 2017
ING announcement on #coal #divestment incl:
* exit by 2025 from utilities w >5% coal power
* only new clients in utilities sector must have <10% coal power & plan for 0% by 2025
* no lending to individual coal-fired power plants by the end of 2025 https://t.co/RD6uF51cCF pic.twitter.com/MUGpsfMn6A— Bob Burton (@BobBurtonoz) December 12, 2017
How divesting of fossil fuels could help save the planethttps://t.co/xwLRdly6bm #divestment pic.twitter.com/AnDpODWY5Z
— CECHR (@CECHR_UoD) December 12, 2017
https://twitter.com/JohnnyHeldt/status/940397214253363200
The UK's opposition leader @jeremycorbyn on being the 100th MP to back fossil fuel #divestment: https://t.co/0fbZzxPT5u
— Fossil Free (@GoFossilFree) December 12, 2017
Ask your local Councillors to get behind the #divestment campaign for Council Pension Funds https://t.co/Qx0DDqTjN5
— FoE Scotland (@FoEScot) December 12, 2017
https://twitter.com/laurentleyssens/status/940517156608987136
December 11
New study @UWaterloo: "#Divestment announcements by prominent investors signal financial risks…& lowers…ability to explore new resources, exploit proven reserves & secure long-term growth" @truzaar @CAPE_Doctors #climatehealth https://t.co/66p5757Vcm
— Dr Courtney Howard (@courtghoward) December 11, 2017
Comment la France peut-elle lancer le #onePlanetSummit et "en même temps" financer massivement avec notre argent (public) les énergies fossiles ? On en parle demain matin sur @CNEWS chez @PascalPraud #divestment https://t.co/3kOZBQ9oPY
— Sandra Regol (@sandraregol) December 11, 2017
Christina Olivecrona of the 2nd Swedish national pension fund (AP2) gets spontaneous applause for excluding 80 fossil fuel firms from portfolios at #CFD2017 pic.twitter.com/IRvyYcl7Uz
— Max Horster (@MaxHorster) December 11, 2017
December 4
Former deputy comptroller Tom Sanzillo to @NYCComptroller: New York City pension funds, sell your oil & gas stock. Ignore at your peril. #DivestNY #fossilfree https://t.co/qxj1u1ehS3 @NYCMayor @NYCPA @DistCouncil37 @TWULocal100 #Divestment @ieefa_institute
— Richard Brooks (@RichBrooks350) December 4, 2017
Student-led campout put divestment back on the table at Dalhousie | @AAyton #divestment #fossilfree https://t.co/rJIb11oIb1
— Divestment Post (@DivestmentPost) December 4, 2017
in other words: #divest from #fossilfuels @350 @350Europe @GoFossilFree @divestinvestorg @DivestInvest_Eu @CathClimateMvmt @Clara_Vondrich @EllenD35 @trocaire @FOCSIV #divestment https://t.co/U42UpeaLed
— Csr Event (@CsrEvent) December 4, 2017
Shareholders should help deliver decarbonisation https://t.co/3NwUUwn0YW via @FT #bpagm #frozen #divestLondon #climateorganisers #divestment
— Ben Samuel (@filosofical_140) December 4, 2017
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