Extinction Rebellion members set up a 'morgue' inside Barclays in Shrewsbury today, accusing banks of putting profit before wellbeing and 'above life itself'.
Extinction Rebellion members set up a morgue inside Barclays Bank in Castle Street, on Monday afternoon with 'corpses' draped with shrouds and death certificates listing causes such as starvation, disease, heat stress and drowning.Barclays says it has a"three-part strategy" to turn its ambition to meeting climate change targets into action: achieving net zero operations, reducing financed emissions, and financing the transition.
"Barclays is investing in reckless oil and gas projects that’ll take us into the extreme danger zone, when it should be turbo-charging investment in renewables and insulation. If you have an account with Barclays, please consider moving your money to where it can be part of the solution rather than part of the problem."Outside the bank, XR members talked with locals about Barclays' role in"accelerating the breakdown of our climate, deforestation and destroying nature.
Extinction Rebellion is calling on Barclays to end all funding of fossil fuels; and until this happens, we are calling on customers to boycott Barclays.A Barclays spokesperson said: “We are determined to play our part in addressing the urgent and complex challenge of climate change.
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