In a code red climate emergency, this is unacceptable. So today, Greenpeace Canada is bringing climate change to the banks. We\u2019re taking action at RBC headquarters in the heart of Toronto\u2019s Financial District to send a clear message: enough is enough.<\/em> STOP funding fossil fuels, RESPECT Indigenous rights!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n Follow along on our Facebook page<\/strong><\/a> and Instagram page<\/strong><\/a> for updates from the ground!<\/p>\n\n If physically occupying the bank’s front doors sends a message, imagine how much more powerful it will be when hundreds of us amplify it online? Take part in the online day of action with any of these 5 easy steps!<\/p>\n\n <\/p>\n\n TWEET AT YOUR BANK<\/strong><\/p>\n\n Which fossil bank is using your savings to fund fossil fuel colonialism? Send them a targeted tweet:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n RBC:<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n Since 2015, @RBC dumped $208 BILLION<\/strong> into fossil fuels \u2013 funding #ClimateCrisis & Indigenous rights violations. As your client, I want you to HALT funding for dangerous fossil fuel projects like @CoastalGasLink! >> https:\/\/act.gp\/3xOOHjI #DefundCGL #FossilBanks @GreenpeaceCA Tweet<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n TD:<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n Since 2015, @TD_Canada dumped $170 BILLION<\/strong> into fossil fuels \u2013 funding #ClimateCrisis & Indigenous rights violations. As your client, I want you to HALT funding for dangerous fossil fuel projects like @CoastalGasLink! https:\/\/act.gp\/31inZ7u #DefundCGL #FossilBanks @GreenpeaceCA Tweet<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n SCOTIABANK:<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n Since 2015, @scotiabank put $174 BILLION<\/strong> into fossil fuels \u2013 funding #ClimateCrisis + Indigenous rights violations. As your client, I want you to HALT funding for dangerous fossil fuel projects like @CoastalGasLink! https:\/\/act.gp\/3rvuQVx #DefundCGL #FossilBanks @GreenpeaceCA Tweet<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n BMO:<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n Since 2015, @BMO dumped $137 BILLION<\/strong> into fossil fuels \u2013 funding #ClimateCrisis & Indigenous rights violations. As your client, I want you to HALT funding for dangerous fossil fuel projects like @CoastalGasLink! >> https:\/\/act.gp\/3IkloKT #DefundCGL #FossilBanks @GreenpeaceCA Tweet<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n CIBC: <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n Since 2015, @cibc dumped $116 BILLION<\/strong> into fossil fuels \u2013 funding #ClimateCrisis & Indigenous rights violations. As your client, I want you to HALT funding for dangerous fossil fuel projects like @CoastalGasLink! >> https:\/\/act.gp\/2ZPchAe #DefundCGL #FossilBanks @GreenpeaceCA Tweet<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n <\/p>\n\n In October 2021, our team travelled to Lytton and the surrounding areas of Kamloops and Shackan B.C. to hear directly from those who have been impacted by the catastrophic extreme weather events fuelled by climate change over the summer.<\/p>\n\n Shortly after B.C. ‘s record-breaking heatwave that hit a scorching 49.6\u00baC, Lytton and the surrounding areas experienced uncontrollable, fast-moving wildfires. Families were separated, homes and businesses were burned to the ground and lives were lost.<\/p>\n\n Despite the devastation and hardship, fire survivors are speaking out. They want those funding fossil fuels to hear their message: Lytton is still here, and they want governing and financial institutions to put their money where their mouth is. <\/strong>Please amplify their voices online by sharing the videos below on your social media channels.<\/p>\n\n SHARE THIS VIDEO ON FACEBOOK<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n SHARE THIS VIDEO ON FACEBOOK<\/strong><\/p>\n\n SHARE THIS VIDEO ON FACEBOOK<\/strong><\/p>\n\n Banks are funding climate change-fuelled extreme weather events and trampling Indigenous rights. Head to this post on our Instagram page<\/a><\/strong> and TAG your fossil bank in the comments of this post to let them know:<\/strong> cat\u2019s outta the bag, their greenwashing won\u2019t work on you!<\/p>\n\n Canada\u2019s big 5 banks have made a public commitment to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050<\/strong><\/a>. The International Energy Agency released a report this year emphasizing that achieving this goal requires NO investments in new fossil fuel fields<\/strong><\/a> and an accelerated phase-out of existing fossil fuel operations. The newly released report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) similarly underlined the urgency of ending fossil fuels, with the UN calling its latest climate science report to be a \u2018death knell\u2019<\/strong><\/a> for coal, oil and gas.<\/p>\n\n Yet Canada’s big fossil banks are doing the opposite: they are funding MORE<\/em> fossil fuels, to the tune of over $800 BILLION since the signing of the Paris Climate agreement<\/strong><\/a> in 2015.<\/p>\n\n As long as banks continue to dump money into coal, oil and gas, their \u201cblah blah blah\u201d pledges to reach so-called net-zero by 2050 along with their shiny greenwashing campaigns amount to precious little to stop the climate change impacts that are already being felt by communities across Canada, and around the world. It\u2019s going to take a mass movement of people like you to make them follow the science and end fossil fuel financing.<\/p>\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-canada-stateless\/2021\/12\/78a1b84f-do1180076-1024x683.jpg\")
<\/figure>\n\nACTION 1:<\/strong> TWEET<\/a> AT THE FOSSIL BANKS NOW. TELL THEM TO DEFUND CLIMATE CHAOS<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n
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<\/a><\/figure>\n\nACTION 2: SHARE THE STORIES OF LYTTON, SHACKAN & KAMLOOPS FIRE SURVIVORS<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n
ACTION 3: TAG YOUR BANK IN THIS POST<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n
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