“President Obama has lifted up climate change as the great moral issue of our time. Now, he must deliver. The science is clear: we must end the use of fossil fuels and fully transition to...Lees verder
28 november 2015 – Ondanks dat enkele marsen afgelast moesten worden wegens terreurrisico’s (Parijs, België) gaan vandaag en morgen honderduizenden in dorpen en steden de straat op om druk uit te oefenen op de onderhandelaars...Lees verder
The weekend before the opening of the climate summit in Paris, hundreds of thousands of people are taking to the streets in over 2,000 events spread across 150 countries to demand that negotiating parties keep...Lees verder
The world’s largest insurance company, Allianz announced that it will pull the plug on investments in coal companies and increase investments in wind energy. Allianz is one of the largest financial institutions in the world....Lees verder
17 november 2015 – Fossiele beleggingen zijn niet alleen ongewenst omdat ze de verduurzaming van de energievoorziening dwarszitten, het blijken financieel ook nog eens slecht te scoren. Zo zou het ABP maar liefst 9 miljard...Lees verder
Leading economists Thomas Piketty and Tim Jackson released a letter today in the French newspaper Le Monde and The Guardian, calling on investors to divest from fossil fuels and on national governments to end fossil...Lees verder
The City of Münster has become the first German city to ban investments in coal, oil and gas companies in response to the mounting threat of climate change
Münster’s new ethical investment policy [1] requires its...Lees verder
16 oktober 2015 – Bill Gates, de oprichter van Microsoft, haalt hard uit naar de organisaties die pleiten voor het terugtrekken van investeringen in fossiele brandstoffen. ‘Dat zal echt niet leiden tot minder CO2-uitstoot’.
Het Amerikaanse...Lees verder
In response to reports that New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio will push the city’s pension funds to divest from coal, 350.org Executive Director May Boeve issued the following statement:
“Coming just after news that the divestment...Lees verder
August 10: Busride – Start Sloterdijk – end Rheinland
The initial idea for the fellowship of the Rheinland adventure was to get a big bus to go to from the Netherlands to the Rheinland Climate camp...Lees verder