Stop funding fossil fuels with pensions, latex-clad Olivia Colman says in advert

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Olivia Colman has dressed as a latex-wearing oil executive called Oblivia Coalmine in a new campaign video highlighting the role of pension funds in fossil fuel projects. Research from the campaign group found £88 billion of UK pension savers’ money goes to fossil fuel companies, including £20 billion to Shell alone. “It’s time for pension funds to think beyond the short term and really consider what type of world their members will be retiring in to in the future.” The most powerful thing any of us can do is contact our pension scheme and tell them to stop using our money to finance new oil and gas David Hayman, Make My Money Matter Countries have committed to stop the Earth’s average temperature rising 1.5C above pre-industrial levels, considered the limit of a safe environment, and will gather in Dubai next week at Cop28 to discuss progress on this. He said: “The most powerful thing any of us can do is contact our pension scheme and tell them to stop using our money to finance new oil and gas.