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The logic of divestment couldn't be simpler: if it's wrong to wreck the climate, it's wrong to profit from that wreckage.
— Fossil fuel divestment
The logic of divestment couldn't be simpler: if it's wrong to wreck the climate, it's wrong to profit from that wreckage.
We see this as both a moral imperative and an economic opportunity.
I think this is part of a process of delegitimising this sector and saying these are odious profits, this is not a legitimate business model.
This Agreement [...] aims to strengthen the global response to the threat of climate change, [...] including by [...] Holding the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2°C and [...] Making finance flows consistent with a pathway towards low greenhouse gas emissions and climate-resilient development.
It is clear the transition to a clean energy future is inevitable, beneficial and well underway, and that investors have a key role to play.
Reasonably, all these investments are financial dead-ends or ecological disasters.
We need to rapidly shift away from our dependence on fossil fuels. [...] Nothing less than our future and the fate of humankind depends on how we rise to the climate challenge.
