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Global Divestment Day was huge!

At over 450 events in 60 countries, people around the world declared that it’s wrong to wreck the climate — and it’s wrong to profit from wrecking it.

From the Pacific Islands to South Africa, from the United States to Germany, we stood up to demand that our governments, universities and financial and religious institutions stop investing in the rogue industries that are destroying our planet. It was a massive turning point in the divestment movement with people across six continents fighting to de-legitimize the fossil fuel industry.

And we did it in some incredibly beautiful and creative ways — here’s just a small sample of what happened:

By the numbers

$50,000,000,000 Estimated amount divested from fossil fuels to date, USD
450 Global Divestment Day events worldwide
60 Countries with Global Divestment Day events
11 Number of "Bad Borises" protesting outside London City Hall
97,270,000 Total social media impressions, Feb. 9–15th
181+ Cities, universities and other institutions committed to divest
12 Tina Turners look-alikes singing "Simply Di-vest" in Adelaide
3 Inflatable carbon bubbles it takes to block the entrance to the International Petroleum Conference
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