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December 4, 2015

A Dozen Mayors Call for Cities to Divest from Fossil Fuels 
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Here in Paris, a group of mayors from around the world have issued an
open letter calling on cities to divest from fossil fuels. The mayors
represent a dozen cities, from Portland, Oregon to Oslo, Norway to
Moreland City, Australia. All of the mayors who have signed the letter
have already committed to either fully or partially divesting the city's
investments and pension funds from fossil fuels. They are part of a
global movement in which more than 500 institutions with $3.4 trillion
in assets have committed to fossil fuel divestment.

 

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