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Legislate against banks continuing to invest in fossil fuels.

Submitted on Wednesday 3rd November 2021

Rejected on Tuesday 9th November 2021

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)

Petition Action

Legislate against banks continuing to invest in fossil fuels.

Petition Details

Legislate to oblige all banks to transition away from financing the coal, oil and gas industry by 2030.

Additional Information

The commitment at COP26 that financial institutions would reach net-zero by 2050 is far from enough. BankTrack has said that, in order to have only a 50% chance of limiting global heating to below 1.5 degrees, global carbon emissions must be more than halved by 2030. To be possible, banks must stop financing the fossil fuel industry in this decade. This is not happening. Banks around the world have invested over $3 trillion into fossil fuel in the past five years. The time to legislate is now.


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This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

We can't accept your petition because the UK Government and Parliament aren't responsible for the issue you raise. The UK Government and Parliament aren't responsible for directing investments by banks.

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