Hi John,
Right now teams of people across the UK are taking action against UK banks. I’m writing to you because whether you’ve got one minute, five minutes or ten minutes to spare - you can join in!
The Bank of England and the UK Treasury are helping funnel billions of pounds into destructive fossil fuel projects.
After almost 65,000 of us called on them to stop fuelling the climate crisis, they're feeling the heat [1]. That's why we're taking action together today, along with activists in Argentina and the Pacific, to raise the pressure even more. If all of us join in, we can expose the role the Bank of England plays in the climate crisis.
With the UN Climate talks taking place in Glasgow this year, Boris Johnson continues to position the UK as a climate leader. But with climate breakdown worsening and our economy crashing, somehow commercial banks are still getting away with funnelling billions into polluting industries, and funding projects that trample indigenous rights and threaten livelihoods around the globe.
At the same time, our care systems in the UK remain under-funded and a mass unemployment crisis looms. In the wake of Covid-19, the UK’s public money should be spent on rebuilding an economy that works for people, not polluters. That means funding a Green New Deal: a bold and ambitious programme of investment that tackles inequality and also guarantees a clean environment as a basic human right.
Now has to be the time for Rishi Sunak and Bank of England Governor, Andrew Bailey, to meet our demands. If enough of us take action, they won’t be able to ignore us.
In solidarity,
Anna and the 350.org team
P.S: Follow the action throughout the day with the #EndFossilFinance hashtag on Twitter.
Sources
[1] The Independent
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