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Fossil fuel divestment is the removal of investment assets including stocks, bonds, and investment funds from companies involved in extracting fossil fuels. Divestment is often in response to and in an attempt to reduce climate change and the economics of investing the companies. There are a number of groups working to advocate for fossil fuel divestment. Fossil fuel divestment is currently the fastest growing divestment movement in history including those against apartheid and tobacco[1], as of September 2014, 837 institutions and individuals had committed to divest over $50 billion.[2]