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The impact of divestment on portfolio returns remains a matter of debate.
These were just some of the questions you sent in for our Q&A on personal divestment on Wednesday.
Although the impact of divestment on share prices may be relatively small, the reputational damage can have serious financial consequences.
Since the idea was championed last year by the group 350.org and its leader, Bill McKibben, student groups have demanded divestment on more than 300 college campuses.
It recommends that: "the university directs its investment managers to develop a plan enabling divestment on King's behalf from companies involved in the extraction of the most 'dirty' fossil fuels such as tar sands oil and thermal coal.
The United Church of Christ, a Protestant denomination with around a million members, unanimously approved a divestment resolution on Sunday night, but it did not become official until the general assembly voted in favor of divestment on Tuesday.
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Most extraordinary about the Guardian's coverage has been its strong focus on fossil fuel divestment, based on research showing that oil, gas and coal companies have several times more carbon in their proven reserves than is compatible with keeping warming below 2C – something our governments have pledged to do [in last week's Paris climate deal, a new goal of just 1.5C was set].
CalSTRS said it was complicated and that they were working on divestment, but no one saw any movement.
Youth are mounting a divestment campaign on campuses around the country to get colleges to divest fossil-fuel companies from their endowment portfolios.
What impact will carbon divestment have on job creation and trade balance?
Are people right to regard divestment, even on a limited scale, as a first step to a much broader challenge?
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