Tell SANTANDER: "NO MORE MONEY for OIL, COAL, and GAS!" (RAINFOREST ACTION NETWORK)

 

Right now, 45 national governments are participating in a first-of-its-kind conference, the First Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels. Their goal? Accelerating the rapid and just phase out of fossil fuels. However, there can’t be a transition away from fossil fuels if big banks keep financing fossil fuel companies and their new coal, oil, and gas projects. While the Spanish government is participating in the conference, its largest bank, Santander, is the world’s largest financier of new fossil fuels in Latin America, bankrolling new oil and gas projects that destroy the Amazon, violate the rights of Indigenous Peoples, and accelerate the climate crisis.1 Email Santander’s top decision makers now: demand that the bank stops financing fossil fuel companies and their new fossil fuel projects. Your email will go directly into the inbox of 20 of the bank’s top executives, including its CEO and Chairman of the Board. Email Santander’s execs! The Transition Away conference is a huge opportunity to create a roadmap for a fossil-free future grounded in equity and a just transition. Bringing together both some of the world’s most climate-vulnerable nations, like Tuvalu, Vanuatu, and Palau, and major fossil fuel producers, like Australia, Canada, Norway, and the UK, the conference is a spark of hope in a dark and scary time. But to end fossil fuels within a generation, big banks need to get on board ― send an email to Santander executives now and let them know: if the Spanish government can take major steps towards phasing out fossil fuels, so must you. For people and planet, The Climate and Energy Team Rainforest Action Network

P.S. Learn more about Financing A Fossil-Free Future in our new brief. 1https://www.urgewald.org/en/publications/money-trail-fossil-fuel-expansion-latin-america

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