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 - and "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 Barclays continues to finance businesses expanding fossil fuel extraction, exploiting new reserves or destroying the ecosystems required to help avoid climate disaster.
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. Read the facts about Barclays here.
1. Real sharks are much more benign, and an important part of the ocean ecosystem, which they are unlikely to try to destroy. Find out why they need protecting here.
Barclays’ new climate communications director may face a challenging 2024, trying to stem the tide of customers leaving the bank in protest at its fossil fuel financing. Following Christian Aid’s high-profile exit, others following suit include Sheffield Cathedral, Greenbelt Festival and the Communi [...]
Around 50 branches of Barclays across the country have been glued shut overnight by activists led by Money Rebellion. Staff and bypassers were greeted with posters on branch entrances decrying the bank’s ongoing financing of fossil fuel companies driving the climate crisis, activity that places Barc [...]
Following Christian Aid’s decision to abandon Barclays, continued pressure on the National Trust and others to do the same, high-profile condemnation of Wimbledon’s links to it, an AGM dominated by environmental criticism, and other protests too numerous to mention,the bank could be forgiven for wor [...]
Following a campaign led by Christian Climate Action, major charity Christian Aid has announced it will no longer bank with Barclays, citing the bank’s “weak commitment” to reducing its notorious fossil fuel financing activities. Such a high-profile defection comes as an embarrassment and reputation [...]
Although the bank’s own PR claimed that Barclays and Wimbledon go together “like strawberries and cream”, its sponsorship of the event may have left a more bitter aftertaste. An open letter to Sally Bolton, chief executive of the All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC), signed by celebrities and busine [...]
Barclays’ new climate communications director may face a challenging 2024, trying to stem the tide of customers leaving the bank in protest at its fossil fuel financing. Following Christian Aid’s high-profile exit, others following suit include Sheffield Cathedral, Greenbelt Festival and the Communi [...]
Around 50 branches of Barclays across the country have been glued shut overnight by activists led by Money Rebellion. Staff and bypassers were greeted with posters on branch entrances decrying the bank’s ongoing financing of fossil fuel companies driving the climate crisis, activity that places Barc [...]
Following Christian Aid’s decision to abandon Barclays, continued pressure on the National Trust and others to do the same, high-profile condemnation of Wimbledon’s links to it, an AGM dominated by environmental criticism, and other protests too numerous to mention,the bank could be forgiven for wor [...]
Following a campaign led by Christian Climate Action, major charity Christian Aid has announced it will no longer bank with Barclays, citing the bank’s “weak commitment” to reducing its notorious fossil fuel financing activities. Such a high-profile defection comes as an embarrassment and reputation [...]
Although the bank’s own PR claimed that Barclays and Wimbledon go together “like strawberries and cream”, its sponsorship of the event may have left a more bitter aftertaste. An open letter to Sally Bolton, chief executive of the All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC), signed by celebrities and busine [...]
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