Climate: School and Strikes

climate: The campaign has been inspired by the school climate strikes, in which 1.4 million young peopletook to the streets last weekend to voice their fears about the escalating ecological crisis, according to The Guardian. The UK Uncut-style protests aim to put pressure on Barclays, which organisers say is one of the leading European backers of fossil fuel projects, financing 15 fossil fuel companies with more than 30bn 22.6bn from 2012-17, including corporations pushing ahead the plans to develop the fracking industry in the UK. Global climate strike students take to the streets in pictures Read more John Taylor, a member of Momentum's national coordinating group, said Climate change is already devastating communities around the world, and fossil fuel companies and their financiers are to blame. Activists from the Labour-supporting Momentum group will team up with the environmental group People and Planet to stage more than 40 creative direct actions at Barclays branches in town and cities across the UK later this month. A decade ago the banks crashed the economy, now they're crashing the planet. Barclays highlighted investments made by the bank in environmental schemes and stated that in 2018 it had facilitated 27.3bn in environmental and social financing . A spokesperson added Our approach balances the need to accelerate the transition away from the most carbon intensive fossil fuel sources, with ongoing financial support for clients operating responsibly in energy sectors that are expected to contribute significantly to the world's energy mix. He said it was time ordinary people came together to face the banks that fund climate breakdown head on . He added Inspired by the young people participating in the youth climate strikes around the world, we'll be organising Labour members to take action against Barclays, who have funded fossil fuel companies to the tune of 30bn between 2012 and 2017. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.