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title: The Paris Divestment Conference
date: 2015-09-03T14:47:18Z
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The [Paris Divestment Conference](https://europeangreens.eu/divestconference) was a great success! Here is a report from the day:

Overall there was 410 registrations, and in the end an estimated 350 participants came to the conference. Via live-stream, there was another 560 unique views (the real number of devices who saw the video). On Twitter, there were 2,400 tweets of the conference with the hashtag #divestconference. Our efforts made #divestconference the #2 trending hashtag in Belgium and the #5 trending hashtag in France!

[![Photo Credit: Reinhard Bütikofer](https://350.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/11900826_832154426901633_8392359649869601328_o-300x200.jpg)

](https://350.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/11900826_832154426901633_8392359649869601328_o.jpg)Photo Credit: Reinhard Bütikofer



In addition, 25 journalists from many different outlets participated in the press breakfast. Here are some European press reports of the conference:

– [The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/sep/01/obamas-approval-of-arctic-drilling-undermines-his-climate-message)

– [Libération](https://www.liberation.fr/economie/2015/09/01/climat-le-ccfd-terre-solidaire-ne-financera-plus-les-energies-fossiles_1373638)

– [Les Echos](https://www.lesechos.fr/journal20150902/lec1_monde/021296032437-nouvel-appel-a-desinvestir-dans-les-energies-fossiles-1149781.php?xxktUDWtG9cGHdK2.99)

– [Ouest France](https://www.ouest-france.fr/paris-un-appel-contre-le-financement-des-energies-fossiles-3653145)

– [Tagesspiegel](https://www.tagesspiegel.de/wirtschaft/klimaschutz-schlachtplaene-fuer-den-kohleausstieg/12264192.html)

Because of the success, Politico Europe now wants to do a large special edition on divestment. The Divestment Challenge was the main pickup in a range of press, and it effectively promotes the divestment movement in Europe again after the summer break.

As the conference came to a close, there was a lot of positive feedback from participants present at the event but also from members of the European Parliament from different political parties.