The 2015 Paris Agreement sets out what humankind needs to do to keep global heating below 1.5°C. Even if we burn only the fossil fuel reserves we already have, the planet will heat up by much more than this, leading to a catastrophic future:
"Every fraction of additional warming beyond 1.5°C will bring worse impacts" (UN Environment Programme)
We need to keep fossil fuels in the ground, yet...
Not madness; greed. Such fatally short-sighted, uncontrolled pursuit of profit is like the predatory feeding frenzy of a Barclays alter ego we call: Sharklays1.
1. Real sharks are much more benign, and an important part of the ocean ecosystem, which they are unlikely to try to destroy.
Extinction Rebellion (XR) activists and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) have united in condemning new Barclays wrongdoing. The FCA levied a £26 million fine on the bank for its failure "to act with due skill, care and diligence" towards customers in difficulty. Far from being an isolated trans [...]
It all sounds truly heartfelt. "The extra detail and targets we are sharing today are another step towards achieving our net zero ambition," announces the letter from Barclays' Group Chairman, lauding the promised detail update on its widely-scorned professed green ambitions announced earlier in the [...]
Last year, the world's largest investment banks provided over $2.6tn of finance linked to the destruction of ecosystems and wildlife, detailed in the new Bankrolling Extinction report - with Barclays in the top 3 European banks concerned, alongside HSBC and BNP Paribas. Coupled with growing publi [...]
Extinction Rebellion (XR) activists and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) have united in condemning new Barclays wrongdoing. The FCA levied a £26 million fine on the bank for its failure "to act with due skill, care and diligence" towards customers in difficulty. Far from being an isolated trans [...]
It all sounds truly heartfelt. "The extra detail and targets we are sharing today are another step towards achieving our net zero ambition," announces the letter from Barclays' Group Chairman, lauding the promised detail update on its widely-scorned professed green ambitions announced earlier in the [...]
Last year, the world's largest investment banks provided over $2.6tn of finance linked to the destruction of ecosystems and wildlife, detailed in the new Bankrolling Extinction report - with Barclays in the top 3 European banks concerned, alongside HSBC and BNP Paribas. Coupled with growing publi [...]