Australian banks lack commitment to stop financing deforestation, hindering net zero policies and under-reporting of financed greenhouse gas emissions. Banks can play a pivotal role in protecting nature and combating climate change.

  • Gloomy Bagel 🥯
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    1 year ago

    such a reluctant upvote. obviously for exposure but it’s hard to give a positive non verbal response to something so horrible and concerning.

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      1 year ago

      I posted the following this morning but it didn’t federate. It might turn up eventually, quite possibly not though:

      I was going to change the title to be less accusatory but land clearing does have a lot of funding behind it in some way. The connections are there and the moral choice should be followed.

      What I do find humorous is on Mastodon you have the option to “love” (favourite) a sad post about the state of the environment. Upvoting is tough, loving destruction is harder!