Protestors demand KEPCO to stop new coal projects
On the occasion of the Annual Shareholders Meeting of Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) in South Korea today, climate justice activists and grassroots leaders from an Asian regional organization as well as Philippine social movements and groups protested in front …
Japanese banks Mizuho and Marubeni pressed to cease coal financing
The 1.5 degrees Celsius agreed threshold is not just a number. It represents the fate of the 7.6 billion world population and the earth’s eco-system. Achieving or failing to achieve the 1.5 degrees mark will determine who will survive, how …
Joburg: join us for financial climate action!
In February of this year, Fossil Free South Africa organised the first “Divest Fest” in Cape Town. 20 people came……
Break Free 2018 – Here’s what Happened!
Last Friday, May 25th, people across the continent have stepped up their commitment to keeping fossil fuels in the ground……
Tell Japan’s Big Banks: Stop Funding Coal
Japanese banks are some of the largest funders of fossil fuel projects in the world. While other global banks have come under fire for funding climate-destroying projects, Japan’s big three banks — Mizuho, Mitsubishi, and Sumitomo Mitsui haven’t felt the …
Earth Day 2018: National Taiwan University students call on the university to stop sponsoring air pollution
By Martin Su
Just before Earth Day, students at the National Taiwan University gathered together with Risk Society and Policy Research Center, student representative from National Tsing Hua University sustainability team, and 350 Taiwan to demand the school to consider …
350Africa urges Nedbank to do the right thing and make a clean break from coal
Nedbank has indicated their intention to ‘Make Things Happen’ by committing to not provide project financing for new coal fired……
Protection of South Africa’s water resources, means not a cent more should be invested in the country’s water guzzling coal sector.
Higher temperatures and diminished rainfall, which experts have attributed to climate change are wreaking havoc across many of South Africa’s……
Divest Fest – local climate action
The Divest Fest was a morning of practical online climate and divestment action, with videos, mini-talks, brainstorming, and ample time to take practical action to push ahead fossil fuel divestment in South Africa.…
New York City follows Cape Town and dozens of other cities by committing to divest from fossil fuels.
Momentum is clearly on our side, and we are at the beginning of something truly awe-inspiring in 2018. And that’s thanks to ordinary folks coming together to stand up to the big greedy bosses of the fossil fuel industry. Our …