Tell Wall Street Banks to Stop Funding Fossil Fuels

Wall Street banks are the world’s biggest investors in fossil fuels. According to this year's Banking on Climate Chaos report, they've lent a whopping $705 Billion to the fossil fuel industry since signing the Paris Climate Accords; Including $347 billion to new fossil fuel projects just last year. 

This summer, 198 methods and other groups are taking relentless action calling for divestment from fossil fuels as part of the Summer of Heat campaign. Sign on to our demands here, and we'll deliver your message as part of our actions every week this June, July, and August.

Our demands for the Wall Street banks funding the climate crisis:

1. Immediately stop all lending to new or expanded fossil fuel projects.

2. Align your investments with the goals of the Paris climate agreement's 1.5 C goal, and international science models of the emissions reductions needed to achieve that goal.

3. Publish detailed progress reports and transition plans on the 1.5 C goal as part of your annual shareholder meetings and investor reports.

4. Protect human rights and center the rights of Indigenous Peoples, especially the right to Free Prior and Informed Consent, in all lending decisions.

5. Shift financing from fossil fuels to a just and fair transition — including labor agreements, safe worksites, and prevailing wages — so we build back  better in the new green economy of the future.