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Analysis of world’s lenders reveals many claim green credentials while still financing fuels like tar sands, oil and coal

Diocese of Rockhampton, which covers Queensland gas and mining towns, votes to sell coal seam gas and thermal coal assets

Archbishop of Canterbury plays crucial role in BMO Global Asset Management’s decision to dump £20m of shares in firms such as BHP Billiton

Chairman Peter Coates says company’s plan is ‘consistent with good value’, but experts call it ‘a breathtaking failure to come to grips with a world in transition’

The ugly end of decarbonisation is being yanked in different directions by political messaging, in both the US and Australia

University stops short of fully divesting its $36bn endowment from coal, oil and gas but green groups welcome the breakthrough after a five-year campaign

National Employment Savings Trust to move investments into new climate change fund and scale back shares in firms such as Shell and ExxonMobil

Committee urges new energy commission that would prioritise low energy bills and security rather than low carbon emissions

Critics say public information film shows Shell ‘understood the threat was dire, potentially existential for civilisation, more than a quarter of a century ago’

Newcastle University latest to announce it will pursue investment decisions that are compatible with its sustainability values, reports BusinessGreen

Student and staff campaigners and activist group 350.org welcome university’s plan to completely divest from fossil fuels over the next five years

From 3-15 May, thousands of young people around the world took part in civil disobedience on six continents, calling for oil, coal and gas to be kept in the ground

World’s largest health charity sells its $187m stake in the oil giant in a move welcomed by fossil fuel divestment campaigners

Former archbishop of Canterbury says the university should withdraw its £5.8bn fund from from oil, coal and gas on ethical and financial grounds

It was a spectacular signal of global intent on Friday when more than 170 governments signed up to the Paris deal. But it’s just the start of a long, hard roadThe danger of gala events like the official signing of the climate...