Small investors taking on oil giants
They have forced these global companies to address their central role in the climate crisis
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A nun, an environmental lawyer, pension fund executives and the world's largest asset manager. These are among the unusual collection of rebels who have claimed a series of startling victories against some of the world's biggest and most influential fossil fuel companies.
From Houston to The Hague in the Netherlands, they fought their battles in shareholder meetings and courtrooms, opening surprising fronts in an accelerating effort to force the world's coal, oil and gas firms to address their central role in the climate crisis.