The Amazon up in smoke

Amazonia covered in dense smoke from burning rainforest ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌   [The sky is filled with smoke as fires burn through the Amazon]( {NAME}, The Amazon is speeding toward a point of no return — scientists say if 20% of the forest is lost, it will set off a domino chain that will cause the whole ecosystem to collapse. 18% of the forest is already gone. The rivers are drying up. Local communities are facing a forth year of drought and now "out of control" wildfires are burning through the Amazon, smothering Brazil in smoke. We should all be on red alert. Yet the worst offenders behind the climate forces destroying the Amazon – a rotten, predatory financial industry that has poured an astounding $4.6 trillion into fossil fuels in the last few years alone – are flying completely under the radar. Their profits are even soaring! We’re going to change that. We have a crack team working to expose the big banks responsible for this Amazon emergency, and we need your help to run massive campaigns in the media and with shareholders to force them to change. We’ll shine the spotlight on them like never before. It could be a turning point for the planet — we don't have a second to lose. Can you chip in to stop the big banks destroying the Amazon? [Donate $3]( in a different amount]( Scientists are losing it, saying: “We’ve never seen anything like this.” The Amazon needs heavy, tropical rains and endless, winding rivers to survive. That's why the rainforest "has never been closer" to collapse – and global calamity. Yet JPMorgan Chase, Citi, and Bank of America are carrying on with business as usual, pumping trillions into dirty energy even AFTER they promised to slash emissions. The companies they shower with loans, investments, and insurance are responsible for 71% of all greenhouse gas emissions. If banks just defunded fossil fuels, it could literally reset our global economy – and the fight against climate change. But right now, the financial incentives are all wrong. We need to change the calculation. Here’s how we’ll do it: - Make the CEOs famous for their role in climate destruction, hounding them at public appearances and splashing their faces on billboards and in the media; - Pass new regulations to close loopholes and make fossil fuel projects too expensive and too difficult to bankroll; - Organise employees of targeted banks and insurers to oppose their companies’ policies from the inside; - File shareholder resolutions around the world to change the rules for investing in favour of the planet. [Donate $3]( in a different amount]( These companies are the root of the climate crisis that’s causing the Amazon to dry up, burn – and countless other tragedies. If we’re going to save the planet, we’ll have to change the way they do business. {NAME}, we can do this. We’ve done it before. Like when we convinced insurance giant AIG to stop underwriting a disastrous, climate-wrecking coal mine near the Great Barrier Reef. But we need your help to win again. Will you join the fight to take on the big banks destroying the Amazon? [Donate $3]( in a different amount]( Thanks for all that you do, Will, Yasmin, Danny and the Ekō team --------------------------------------------------------------- More information: [Amazonia in flames: Unlearned lessons from the 2023 Manaus smoke crisis]( Mongabay, 17 January 2024. ["Out of control" wildfires are ravaging Brazil's wildlife-rich Pantanal wetlands]( CBS News, 15 November 2023. [People and nature suffer as historic drought fuels calamitous Amazon fires]( Mongabay, 24 October 2023. [French bank BNP Paribas sued by NGOs over Amazon deforestation link]( Reuters, 27 February 2023. [World’s central banks financing destruction of the rainforest]( The Guardian, 28 September 2022.  Anything extra raised will go to our campaigns fighting for the planet and people everywhere.   Ekō is a worldwide movement of people like you, working together to hold corporations accountable for their actions and forge a new, sustainable path for our global economy. This email was sent to {EMAIL}. | [Unsubscribe]( Â