Nobody's sure what the future will look like once the coronavirus
pandemic ends -- but we do know that fossil fuels have no
place in it.
So why is the European Central Bank responding to the
crisis by throwing billions at our dirtiest industries?
€1.1 trillion. That's how much the ECB will spend this year to
prop up the economy. And if we don't act right now, a
significant portion of that will go to coal, oil, gas and airline
corporations -- steering us away from the EU's promised green
recovery and straight into climate disaster.
Ahead of the bank's next meeting on June 4, we need to
rally together and demand the ECB put our planet before big
polluters!
Tell
the European Central Bank to stop financing climate chaos!
Hundreds of thousands of SumOfUs members like you have told the
EU its emergency coronavirus spending must fall in line with
a fair and just climate transition. With commissioners,
governments and environmental organisations all on board, our
chances for a green recovery are higher than ever.
But with its secretive 'quantitative easing' system, the ECB
could undo all that. It's set to finance some of Europe's
biggest polluters to up to €132 billion, from Shell to
Fortum -- the energy corp trying to sue the Netherlands for phasing
out coal!
These corporations have already pushed our climate to the
brink. Just last week Cyclone Amphan, one of the strongest
storms on record, wreaked destruction across Bengal. The effects of
the climate crisis are already here, and continued rising
temperatures will only make such ‘super cyclones’ more likely.
With extra no-strings billions lining their pockets,
imagine how many lives and lands will be crushed.
Tell
the European Central Bank to stop financing climate chaos!
The pandemic has been devastating -- but our recovery
from it is an unprecedented opportunity to effect lasting,
meaningful change for people and the planet. At a time when
even private banks are starting to distance themselves from coal,
oil and gas, we can't let the ECB ruin our progress.
Now's the time to expose the bank's shameful practices, force it
to cut off fossil fuels and demand it invest in the green future our
world deserves. Are you with us, Vladimir?
Yes
-- I'll sign the urgent petition
now
