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• Divest West Midlands Pension Fund From Fossil Fuels

  Climate change is already causing massive destruction around the world. For the sake of all of our futures, we need to move away from fossil fuels and begin the transition to a clean and just energy economy, now. Many of the fossil fuel companies that West Midlands Pension Fund invests in have a poor environmental record, including ExxonMobil. ExxonMobil, the world's largest oil company, spilled 11 million gallons of oil off the coast of Alaska and plans to drill in the Russian Arctic with Rosneft. BP, another West Midlands Pension Fund investment, was responsible for the largest environmental disaster in U.S. history, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on the Gulf of Mexico. Fossil fuel companies are also highly overvalued due to the assumption that all of their reserves will be burnt. But as policy catches up to climate realities, this overvaluation means there’s a multi-trillion dollar “carbon bubble” that’s poised to burst. This will greatly effect the value of our pensions if West Midlands continues to invest in fossil fuels. We know that 80% of current fossil fuel reserves must stay in the ground to prevent runaway climate change. We must act now!

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  Stop Barclays Funding Fossil Fuels

  If we’re serious about preventing catastrophic warming we can’t dig any new coal mines, drill any new fields, build any more pipelines. Not a single one. We can't stand by and watch as Sioux Native American's stopping a pipeline are pepper sprayed, Tasered, attacked with dogs and arrested, by police in tanks. We can't wait for the Tories frack under our homes and National Parks. Despite ongoing resistance from Sioux Native Americans and allies militarized police continue protect companies laying the North Dakota Access Pipeline. Despite thousands of objections and sustained local and national pressure, Third Energy have just been given the green light to frack in Ryedale, North Yorkshire. These projects are front lines of the battle to keep fossil fuels in the ground We can't let these projects go ahead. Barclays funds both these projects and have £15,653 million of assets in oil, gas and coal extraction globally.

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  Created by Andrew Taylor
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  Divest the Nobel Foundation from fossil fuels

  We love Nobel. We love how it’s awards celebrate the greatest achievements of, and for, mankind. But there is one thing we do not love; its investments in the fossil fuel industry, which are driving climate change. We therefore call on the Nobel Foundation to commit to divest from fossil fuels. Why is this important? Climate change is the greatest challenge humanity has encountered. Warming in excess of 1.5°C will have catastrophic consequences [1]. In order to have a chance of staying below this temperature rise, 80% of known fossil fuel reserves must stay in the ground [2]. The fossil fuel industry currently holds vast carbon reserves which if burnt would result in emissions 5 times larger than that which is scientifically deemed to be safe [2]. All available evidence suggests that fossil fuel companies intend to burn the reserves within their control. In addition, companies such as Shell are actively trying to discover new reserves, often in environmentally sensitive regions. If it is wrong to damage the world we live in, then it is wrong to profit from that damage. Responsible investors should no longer be profiting from the destructive activities of these companies. And especially not the Nobel Foundation, which aims to highlight work done for the benefit of mankind. Fossil fuel investments are becoming increasingly risky as the cost of extraction increases and international treaties restrict the use of fossil fuels [2]. Not only does it make moral sense not to invest in the destruction of our planet, it also makes financial sense. By divesting from fossil fuels, the Nobel Foundation will join institutions such as Stockholm University and city and The Rockefeller Brothers Fund amongst many others [3], in leading by example to help create a sustainable future for our world. References [1] https://www.ipcc.ch/pdf/assessment-report/ar5/syr/AR5_SYR_FINAL_SPM.pdf [2] http://www.carbontracker.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Unburnable-Carbon-Full-rev2-1.pdf [3] http://gofossilfree.org/commitments/

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  Für eine sichere Landesbank Baden-Württemberg: Schluss mit Risikogeschäften auf Klimakosten

  Weltweit spielen Banken eine zentrale Rolle bei der Klimazerstörung durch fossile Energien. Erst wenn Banken ein Projekt finanzieren, kann in Kolumbien nach Kohle gegraben, in Nigeria nach Öl gebohrt oder in Kanada nach Schiefergas gefrackt werden. Lange haben die Banken Gewinne aus diesem Geschäft abgeschöpft – ohne Rücksicht auf die Schäden für die Umwelt, das Klima oder die Bevölkerung [1]. Doch mittlerweile drohen ihnen hohe Verluste: Je ernsthafter die Politik weltweit gegen den Klimawandel vorgeht, umso schneller werden fossile Energien zum Auslaufmodel. Der größte Kohlekonzern der USA, Peabody, musste bereits Insolvenz anmelden, und auch die RWE, die statt auf die Energiewende auf Kohle gesetzt hatte, steht kurz vor der Pleite – mit massiven Folgen für Anleger und Kreditgeber [2]. Die europäische Zentralbank warnt in diesem Zusammenhang bereits vor der nächsten großen Wirtschaftskrise [3]. Auch die LBBW und ihre Kunden sind über Aktienfonds an großen Öl- und Kohlekonzernen wie RWE, Royal Dutch Shell oder Total beteiligt [4]. Zusätzlich unterstützt die Bank Kohle-, Öl- und Gasförderung mit Krediten, zuletzt mit über 250 Millionen Euro im Jahr 2015 [5]. Die LBBW, die während der Finanzkrise 2009 mit öffentlichen Geldern in Milliardenhöhe gerettet werden musste, ist damit anfällig für die nächste Krise – und befeuert aktiv die Zerstörung des Klimas. Im Herbst forderten deshalb mehrere NGOs den neuen Vorstandsvorsitzenden der LBBW, Rainer Neske, in einem Brief dazu auf, seine Strategie für den Ausstieg aus der Finanzierung fossiler Energien dazulegen.[6] Eine Antwort bleibt die Bank bisher schuldig. Doch wir können die LBBW von diesem Kurs abbringen. Die Bank bemüht sich seit einiger Zeit um Nachhaltigkeit und hat im Rüstungsbereich bereits Investitionen in Streumunition und Landminen ausgeschlossen [7]. Und auf Druck der regierenden Grünen verzichtete sie 2012 auf Spekulationen mit Nahrungsmitteln [8]. Da sich die Bank in öffentlicher Trägerschaft befindet (die Stadt Stuttgart und das Land Baden-Württemberg halten über 40 Prozent der Anteile), ist sie empfänglich für Druck aus der Politik. Oberbürgermeister Fritz Kuhn und Finanzministerin Edith Sitzmann sitzen selbst im Aufsichtsrat der LBBW und können sich dort direkt für den Ausstieg aus den fossilen Energien stark machen. Die grün-schwarze Landesregierung hat sich sogar in den Koalitionsvertrag geschrieben, die LBBW bei einem solchen Ausstieg zu unterstützen [9]. Damit diesen Worten auch Taten folgen, müssen wir die Grünen in die Pflicht nehmen. Mit einem öffentlichen Appell schaffen wir Aufmerksamkeit und fordern entschiedenes Handeln. Die Grünen in Baden-Württemberg müssen dafür sorgen, dass die LBBW ihre finanzielle und gesellschaftliche Verantwortung wahrnimmt und die Finanzierung von Kohle, Öl und Gas konsequent ausschließt. [1] Kirsten Bialdiga, „Blutkohle aus Kolumbien“, RP Online, 16. 01. 2016; „Menschenrechtsorganisationen klagen Shell wegen Umweltvergiftung an“, ZEIT Online, 03. 11. 2015. [2] Claus Hecking, „Kohle ist kaputt“, ZEIT Online, 16. 04. 2016; Sebastian Baltzer, „RWE vor dem Aus“, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 06. 07. 2016. [3] Michael Bauchmüller, „Absturzgefahr im Treibhaus“, Süddeutsche Zeitung, 12. 02. 2016. [4] Jürgen Lessat, „Her mit der Kohle“, Kontext, 15. 06. 2016. [5] LBBW Nachhaltigkeitsbericht 2015, S. 73. [6] Offener Brief an Rainer Neske, Vorstandsvorsitzender der LBBW, 1. November 2016. [7] Fair Finance Guide Deutschland, http://fairfinanceguide.de/ffg-d/banken/lbbw/ [8] „LBBW stellt Nahrungsmittelspekulationen ein“, ZEIT Online, 26. 06. 2012. [9] „Baden-Württemberg gestalten“, Koalitionsvertrag zwischen Bündnis 90/Die Grünen Baden-Württemberg und der CDU Baden-Württemberg, 2016, S. 15.

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• Ealing fossil fuel divestment campaign

  The London Borough of Ealing has money invested in the fossil fuel industry. Fossil fuel contributes to carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere. Scientists say we must reduce this amount of carbon dioxide in order for the planet to be able to continue to support life and civilisation as we know it. The planet is already one degree warmer and glaciers are disappearing, threatening the main source of clean water for millions of people. Sea levels are rising which means some islands are disappearing. Habitats are changing and wildlife and the livelihoods of many communities are at risk. Extreme weather is becoming more common. It's deeply worrying but we can take action. Stopping fossil fuel investment is an important part of tackling global warming and we would like London Borough of Ealing's ties with the fossil fuel industry to be cut.

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  Divest Albuquerque Academy from Fossil Fuels

  As the top college preparatory school in New Mexico, the Albuquerque Academy is educating the leadership of the future, our children. Yet by supporting their educational mission with fossil fuel monies, the school is taking away that future from its students. Removing fossil fuels in all ways from the Academy's investment portfolio sends a clear message to students and parents that the Academy cares about the world its students face and is willing to take real action to make that world a more hopeful place. Conversely, failing to take action is equivalent to condemning the school's graduates to a future of misery — subverting the education those graduates have worked for and families have paid for. We hope that the Academy sees the sense in supporting its role as a world-class educational institution by not contributing to a future in which education will not matter.

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  Created by Elizabeth Anker
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  Divest Museum of Science and Industry From Fossil Fuels

  The Museum earns investment income from companies that profit from the extraction of fossil fuels, whose role in energy production is a major contributor to global warming. This undermines public confidence in the sincerity and validity of the Museum's programs for transmitting scientific knowledge. The other major Chicago science museum, the Field Museum, announced on November 13, 2015 that it had divested from fossil fuels some time ago. It is long past time for the Museum of Science and Industry to do so as well.

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• PFZW: Zorg voor het klimaat - stop met fossiel!

  Klimaatverandering vormt een bedreiging voor ons en alle generaties na ons. Hittegolven en epidemieën vormen een toenemende bedreiging voor de volksgezondheid - wereldwijd, en toenemend ook in Nederland. Daarnaast zijn er directe gezondheidsrisico's van fossiele brandstoffen, zoals de uitstoot van fijnstof en andere luchtvervuiling door kolencentrales. Deze fossiele vervuiling heeft wereldwijd vele honderdduizenden vermijdbare doden tot gevolg. Als zorgsector dragen wij zorg voor de gezondheid van onze medemens - ongeacht wie dat is of waar die woont. De zorgsector moet daarom haar eigen verantwoordelijkheid nemen in het afwenden van de mondiale klimaatcrisis en het verbeteren van de luchtkwaliteit. Wij vinden het daarom van groot belang dat ons eigen pensioenfonds, Stichting Pensioenfonds Zorg & Welzijn niet langer te investeren in de fossiele brandstoffen die aan de basis liggen van deze problemen. Stop met kolen, olie en gas - wordt 100% fossielvrij!

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  Divest Hartlepool From Fossil Fuels

  Local councils invest over £14 billion in the fossil fuel industry. We know that to stop catastrophic climate change we have to keep fossil fuels in the ground and transition quickly towards a clean renewable economy. 350 parts per million is what many scientists, climate experts, and progressive national governments are now saying is the safe upper limit for CO2 in our atmosphere. Accelerating arctic warming and other early climate impacts have led scientists to conclude that we are already above the safe zone at our current 390ppm, and that unless we are able to rapidly return to below 350 ppm this century, we risk reaching tipping points and irreversible impacts such as the melting of the Greenland ice sheet and major methane releases from increased permafrost melt. It’s imperative that our councils and pension funds break ties with this sector and divest from fossil fuels. By doing so, they can take necessary action to protect fund members’ pensions from risky investments, and join hundreds of public institutions worldwide in taking a stand against an industry which is causing climate chaos and endangering our future.

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  Vi vill se fossilfria pensionspengar

  "If it's wrong to wreck the climate, then it's wrong to profit from that wreckage"! Det är inte många institutioner idag som placerar sina tillgångar i vapenindustrin - det är helt enkelt betraktat som omoraliskt. Människor håller med varandra om att vapen inte är okej att stödja. Det klimatrörelsen insett är att olja, kol och gas också är vapen - vapen riktade mot atmosfären, klimatet och vår framtid. Därför är det inte okej att placera sina pengar hos, och därmed stödja, fossilindustrin. Fossil Free är en internationell kampanj för att flytta våra gemensamma tillgångar (skattepengar och andra resurser) från investeringar i olja, kol och gas. AP-fonderna består dessutom av pengar som ska ge oss en dräglig framtid. Det blir därmed motsägelsefullt att dessa pengar samtidigt bidrar till stora klimatförändringar och en ohållbar energiförsörjning. Det ligger i såväl ungas som äldres intresse att AP-fonderna blir fossilfria! Se gärna "Do the Math", en film som beskriver problematiken med att fossilindustrin ges fria tyglar (med stöd av våra pengar): http://vimeo.com/66066932

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  Created by Olivia Linander