Ifølge en ny rapport fra Forests and Finance Coalition, der er en koalition af ngo’er, har nogle af verdens største banker ydet over 395 milliarder USD i finansiering til selskaber, der medvirker afskovning og krænkelser af menneskerettigheder. Finansieringen har ifølge rapporten fundet sted siden Paris-aftalen blev vedtaget.
Tom Picken, direktør for Forests & Finance-kampagnen, udtaler:
“Governments are asleep at the wheel while the world’s banks continue to fund forest destruction and human rights abuses, without any restriction or consequence. With the CBD COP16 upon us, the time for transformative action is now. The real ‘finance gap’ for conservation is actually a gap in regulation to stop banks and investors knowingly fuelling the biodiversity crisis. “
Ola Janus, kampagneleder hos BankTrack understreger:
“Despite participating in numerous voluntary banking initiatives on nature and biodiversity, commercial banks continue to finance companies that actively destroy life on Earth. Voluntary initiatives will not drive the transformative changes needed to halt and reverse biodiversity loss by 2030 –– we need regulation that mandates banks to stop financing deforestation”
Rapporten findes her.
