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Economics, not policy, will strand fossil fuel assets, say academics
07 June 2018Demand for fossil fuels will decline dramatically in coming years, as the cost of low-carbon energy and transport continues to fall, irrespective of any tightening of climate change policies, according to a research study.
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Cambridge pushes to become largest university to divest from fossil fuels
07 February 2017Cambridge University's governing body, Regent House, has passed a motion to divest its £5.8 billion ($7.2 billion) endowment fund from fossil fuels. If successful Cambridge would be the largest in the world to do so.
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AP4 makes largest single allocation to low-carbon equities
19 July 2016The fourth Swedish pension fund, AP4, has said that it will allocate 21.8% of its global equity portfolio to low carbon investments, in the largest commitment of its kind to date.
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EF BRIEFS: Cambridge University, Climate Bonds Initiative, LSE, European Parliament
23 November 2015Sandrine Dixson-Declève, director of the Cambridge University Institute for Sustainability Leadership, has called on European leaders to end fossil fuel subsidies and invest in renewables or face become increasingly uncompetitive.