Last winter the Arctic was 20 degrees warmer than average, and in Australia indigenous species have been dying from the unseen heat. The past 3 years heat records were broken, three times in a row – and also in the Netherlands the impacts of climate change are becoming clearer. And we know who is responsible: the fossil fuel industry.

We’ve been lifting off the mask of the fossil fuel industry through divestment for 3 years. Our institutions, large and small around the world, have been taking a public stand against an immoral industry that’s sacrificing our shared climate and future in the name of profit.

And we won’t be backing down.

With political unrest around the world and climate impacts intensifying, now is the moment to take divestment to a whole new level together with a Global Divestment Mobilisation this May.

Fossil fuel companies have spent decades denying climate science and delaying climate solutions that are inevitable. Right now, they know they’re fighting a losing battle as we head into an era of clean, abundant and free renewable energy they cannot compete with fairly. So they’re playing dirty.

We’re seeing coal, oil and gas companies try desperately to cling onto the levers of power – through politics and partnerships that legitimise their continued existence. Our job, this May and beyond, is to continue exposing their true nature and their true impacts on people’s lives and homes.

8-13 May: Join the Global Divestment Mobilisation in the Netherlands!

In the Netherlands we are also joining the global wave of actions, check the actions already registered on the map. Want add your own? Register your action – and show how big our movement is!

Are you joining one of the actions in the Netherlands? And do you want to help spread the word? Then join our Global Divestment Mobilisatie Facebook-event – and help mobilise by inviting your friends!

We’re inviting individuals and groups around the world to force their institutions to take a stand and divest from climate change. Through creative, compelling actions we can each help expose the climate impacts of our local institutions’ fossil fuel investments and partnerships.

Check out the Global Divestment Mobilisation website for all the information and support you’ll need to get started.