Best wishes for 2015, everyone. Key campaign news…

Durban — The first Fossil Free South Africa road trip came to an end last week In Durban, where we had the pleasure of local Goldman Prize winner Desmond (Des) D’sa addressing the audience before our talks.

First, if you haven't yet donated via our Thundafund appeal, please do so. We value your presence in our network more than your money, but we do need to fund this effort if we're to make this work sustainable.

On Wednesday 12 November, we had our first of several launches for the expanded Fossil Free South Africa campaign at the Mountain Club in central Cape Town.

Our full November launch schedule is now available.

Johannesburg launch: 20 November 2014
Time: 17h30 for 18h00
Venue: St Francis Anglican Church, 44 Tyrone Avenue, Parkview

From our roots at UCT, Fossil Free South Africa is fundraising and scaling up with launches planned across South Africa in November.

We are shooting a video to support fundraising to expand this campaign.

Climate change is a major threat to human life and wellbeing, especially in Africa – but governments just aren't acting fast enough. If coal, gas and oil companies follow their current business plans, devastating consequences will follow.

UCT Chancellor Graça Machel's speech on climate change at the closing ceremony of the UN Climate Summit last week (23 September 2014). Available on video here, starting at about minute 14.

We are happy to relate that the launch was very successful, with over 100 people attending. Students, academic staff and alumni were well-represented at the event and nearly 30 members of the university community signed up for a working group which has since had several meetings.

Please sign our petition, now online, calling on UCT to divest from fossil fuels and invest in sustainable energy!

There is a global climate summit in New York on 23 September organised by the UN.

Great news from Australia: Sydney University has frozen investment in coal.

Following our successful UCT campaign launch, we've formed a Fossil Free UCT working group.

We'll post more details and information over the next few days, but for the meantime, we're very happy to report that our launch event for Fossil Free UCT at the university last night felt like a great success.

Two days to go before our campaign launch at UCT on 30 July (17h30, Leslie Social Sciences 1A)

It is the world’s wealthiest countries and people who have benefited most from the use of fossil fuels, and have contributed most to global warming.

The launch event for the UCT fossil fuel divestment campaign will be on 30 July, from 5.30-7pm, in Leslie Social Sciences 1A.

A representative of Go Fossil Free South Africa addressed student delegates from around the world on the subject of fossil fuel divestment during the World Student Environment Network 2014 Global Summit in Stellenbosch.