A new report has revealed that Barclays Bank maintained its title of 'Europe’s biggest fossil fuel financer' in 2023.🏆🙄

Not only that, the bank actually *increased* its financing to the industry by over $2.5 billion between 2022 and 2023.

Read full report👉bankingonclimatechaos.org

You may have followed our journey to the Barclays Bank AGM last Thursday.

Our banks team were joined by AGM activists Tina and Niamh, who asked Barclays to stop financing fracking and delivered our open letter, signed by over 4,000 of you 🙌

Here's what went down on the day 🎬⏬

If you like bullies, let us introduce you to ExxonMobil.

'Exxon Mobil’s punitive lawsuit only hints at the lengths that the fossil fuel industry will go to preserve a business model facing an inexorable decline.'
latimes.com/business/story…

Out-of-control wildfires here are making international headlines, and it's only mid May. It's hard not to worry about this summer, and all the summers to come.

#ClimateChange #BCWildfires #bcpoli

theguardian.com/world/article/…

In 2023, the #parliaments of #Australia 🇦🇺, #Benin 🇧🇯, #Iceland 🇮🇸 and #Ireland 🇮🇪 took steps to counter #VAW in #politics by introducing codes of conduct.

Does your parliament have structures in place to support #WomenMPs ?

➡️ipu.org/gbv23

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Houses of the Oireachtas - Tithe an Oireachtais

Thousands have been evacuated as wildfires grows ‘dramatically’ across western Canada: buff.ly/3WHUjeg

Climate change is making these events more extreme. How many more 'historics' before we #ActOnClimate .

#climate #energy #renewables .

B.C. mom whose son died from wildfire smoke trying to make this year safer theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…

Number of internally displaced people hit record 75.9 million in 2023 ow.ly/oHfB50RFvic via Al Jazeera English #cdnimm #cdnpoli #SenCA

🆕 BNP Paribas Group leads the way by stating during its AGM today that it refrains from participating in bond issues for oil & gas companies.
💪 We encourage the bank to formalize this approach by including it in its climate policy and to extend it to other financial services.

Very often I hear from Baby boomers (not involved nor wanting to be aware of the planet crisis) how their children are depressed, unmotivated, lost, not wanting children, bitter, ...when the causes are so clear for those that want to see. Brave youth!

Fort McMurray today…
#wildfires

🚨A jury found Exxon liable for concealing knowledge about benzene in its gasoline that gave a mechanic cancer.

The complaint says Exxon prioritized its 'corporate image and financial wellbeing' and references its historic climate deception.

exxonknews.org/p/exxons-725-m…

'A number of Member States especially represented by the High Ambition Coalition argue that there is a need to set a target to reduce the production of primary plastic polymers.'

More from UN Development 🇺🇳 on the #INC4 #plasticstreaty negotiations👇

I am looking forward to this important conversation on the gender apartheid in #Afghanistan . I hope this gives my motion no. 139 - asking the government to recognize the gender apartheid - the necessary momentum to be adopted in the Red Chamber.

'Most of the city is evacuating': Gridlock on Alberta highway after evacuation order in #FortMcMurray edmonton.ctvnews.ca/evacuation-ord… #wildfire

‼️Sous l'effet des changements climatiques, les océans ont battu des records de température TOUS LES JOURS au cours de l'année écoulée.

La différence Vs records précédents est particulièrement inquiétante
Il faut accélérer la sortie des énergies fossiles
bbc.com/news/science-e…

Just finished Day 1 at Finance Montréal’s Sustainable Finance Summit!

What a fantastic day of meetings & productive discussions with Bertrand from CDPQ, David Atkin from The PRI, Genevieve from Fondaction (Inactif), Hadewych from Triodos Bank Bank, Julie from EnvironmentalDefence & more!

⚠️You read that right: A proposed carbon capture project in Alberta, involving over 600 kilometres of pipelines,  and 18,000 km2 of carbon storage might skip an enviro impact assessment.

Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation + several enviro groups are urging the AB gov't to conduct one.

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Des milliers d’habitants de Fort McMurray évacués auj. en raison d'un important incendie de forêt menace la région.

Pendant ce temps, les banques canadiennes sont parmi les pires dans le monde en terme de financement des pétro/gazières + #sablesbitumineux
lapresse.ca/actualites/nat…

The AB Govt recently placed a moratorium on renewables to understand environmental impacts. This same approach should be applied to carbon capture & impact assessments should be required before any CCS projects are approved.
environmentaldefence.ca/2024/05/14/the… #ABLeg #ABPoli #CDNPoli #CCUS