Hi John, 

The French fossil fuel giant TOTAL wants to drill for oil and gas in the
Arctic - and they’re about to get public money from the French government
to do it. [ [link removed] ]

French President Emmanuel Macron likes to call himself a climate leader.
But we think that climate leaders do not pour millions of euros of
taxpayers' money into fossil fuels.

In a couple of weeks Macron will be hosting an international summit, where
some of the world's biggest public banks will talk about "COVID and
climate change". He'll be extra careful about his image, so now's the time
to put him under pressure for his hypocrisy - and to call his bluff.

[1]Send a message to French President Macron asking him to stop pouring
public money into TOTAL and dirty fossil fuel projects around the world.

Send an email now

This November, France is hosting a summit called "Finance in Common".
Public development banks that control $2 trillion of public money all over
the globe will come together to talk about climate finance. 

French President Emmanuel Macron hopes this summit will make him look good
in front of the media and his peers. But at the same time, he’s
considering pouring more public money into TOTAL’s project to drill in the
Arctic. [ [link removed] ] The Arctic is one of the world's most fragile ecosystems, and
one of the places on the planet where the consequences of global warming
are already being felt most dramatically.

TOTAL is one of the 20 companies at the top of the global CO2 emitters
list. [ [link removed] ] The corporation has dirty fossil projects around the world,
including Africa’s biggest fossil gas project in Mozambique, a country
that is already facing the impacts of the climate crisis. [ [link removed] ]

To confront climate breakdown, we need to turn off the money tap to these
dirty fossil fuel projects. The upcoming banks' summit will put Macron in
the international spotlight. It's our opportunity to hold him accountable
to his promise to act on climate change.

Please, send a message to the French President Emmanuel Macron and ask him
to turn off the money tap to TOTAL. Your name will be added and sent along
with the email to the President and his advisors ahead of the Finance in
Common summit.

[2]Send an email now

John, there is a pattern with dirty fossil fuel projects. Rich
countries give money to polluting companies who then exploit the land,
abuse resources, and violate human rights in countries on the other end of
the world. Emmanuel Macron himself, speaking at the United Nations in
September 2019, described the export financing of developed countries for
polluting projects in other regions of the world as "incoherent" and
"irresponsible". [ [link removed] ]

The financial system fuels climate breakdown, which in turn destroys our
communities and our chances for a safe future. We must stop big banks and
investors from propping up toxic fossil fuels. That pressure starts with
each of us taking action whenever we can, to make fossil fuel finance
unacceptable across Europe and the world.

[3]Take action now -- tell President Macron to end public funding for
TOTAL and dirty fossil fuel projects.

Thanks for everything you do,

Clémence and the 350.org team

PS: If you're ready to take the next step, [4]please make a donation today
to help us organize to end public finance for fossil fuel projects. We'll
put your donation right to work as we build our global pressure campaign
targeting Macron ahead of the Finance in Common Summit.

References:

[1] [5]Macron's twofold Arctic policy to gain influence in the Arctic

[2] [ [link removed] ]La France pourrait soutenir un gigantesque projet gazier dans
l’Arctique russe (in French)

[3] [ [link removed] ]Revealed: the 20 firms behind a third of all carbon emissions 

[4] [ [link removed] ]Total secures $15.8 billion in funding for Mozambique gas project:
FNB

[5] [ [link removed] ]Discours du Président Emmanuel Macron à la tribune de l’Assemblée
générale de l’ONU (in French)

 


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