Banker har generelt indført tiltag, der mindsker CO2-udledning fra deres kontorer, men de udleder enorme mængder gennem investeringer, konkluderer en ny rapport fra Rainforest Action Network tirsdag. Rapporten anbefaler, at banker investerer mere klimavenligt.
SAN FRANSISCO, October 30, 2012: A number of major banks, including Bank of America and JPMorgan Chase, invest in the acceleration of climate change each year by committing billions to polluting energy industries like coal, according to a report published by Rainforest Action Network’s program Tuesday.
The report, titled “Bankrolling Climate Disruption: The Impacts of the Banking Sector’s Financed Emissions,” finds that major banks have failed to reduce investment in carbon-intensive companies (CO2-udledende industri) at a time of global climate chaos.
The report also demonstrates that major banks have failed to properly measure their carbon footprint, despite the availability of comprehensive guidelines enabling them to do so.
“Rising concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere have begun to disrupt the global climate, triggering extreme weather events around the globe,” said Ben Collins, Research and Policy Campaigner for Rainforest Action Network. “To address this growing climate crisis, the global economy must rapidly transition to low-carbon energy sources that can power our future.”
While the transition could pose challenges for the banking sector, which hold financial relationships to some of the most polluting industries like coal, the report offers guidance on both measuring and reducing emissions.
“Banks will need to shift financing from fossil fuel-based power sources to low-carbon energy infrastructure for our communities and the climate,” Collins continued. “One way of doing that is by measuring the climate impact of investments and committing to reduction targets for financed emissions, now.”
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