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<P><STRONG>We did it! </STRONG></P>
<P>Last Thursday, some of the world’s biggest banks met in Paris for
a ‘Climate Finance Day’, a huge public relations stunt designed to
convince investors that the financial institutions are
climate-friendly.</P>
<P><STRONG>But we know these banks do not care about our climate,
just their profits</STRONG> -- the likes of HSBC, BlackRock and AXA
finance tens of billions of dollars to agribusiness corporations
that destroy the Amazon rainforest.</P>
<P><STRONG>Thanks to SumOfUs members like you, our friends at
<EM>Reclaim Finance</EM>, <EM>Canopée</EM> and <EM>Friends of the
Earth</EM> were there to call out their Amazon-killing investments
with a huge billboard, right at the entrance of the
event!</STRONG></P>
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width=500 height=375><EM>Activists from Reclaim Finance, Canopée and
Friends of the Earth in front of the entrance of the Climate Finance
Day event </EM></P>
<P>Our friend Lucie from <EM>Reclaim Finance</EM>, who attended the
event, said <STRONG>the billboard was THE topic of discussion for
participants.</STRONG> As people filed into the building,
<STRONG>journalists and clients alike were snapping photos of the
action and sharing it on social media.</STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG>Our message was unmissable</STRONG> -- and you can bet
HSBC, BlackRock, AXA and the rest of the Amazon-destroying banks are
worried.</P>
<P><STRONG>This action was just the first public warning to
Amazon-wrecking banks.</STRONG> So far, only 5 financial
institutions have told us they’re ready to take action on soy
deforestation, and none of them have committed to actually stopping
financing to the companies clear cutting the Amazon.</P>
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width=400 height=534><EM><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400">Activist
holding a banner "Deforestation: Stop complicity", in front of the
billboard broadcasting the names of the financial actors
involved.</SPAN></EM></P>
<P>Indigenous communities have nurtured the Amazon for thousands of
years. They’re paying for these investment deals with their lives.
<STRONG>And with your ongoing support, we can keep powering this
campaign to help save these communities.</STRONG></P>
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width=500 height=375></STRONG><EM>Activists from Reclaim Finance,
Canopée and Friends of the Earth in front of the entrance of the
Climate Finance Day event </EM></P>
<P><STRONG>Stay tuned, we'll tell you more very
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<P>Thanks for all that you do, <BR>Leyla, Angus and the team at
SumOfUs</P><BR>
<P>**********<BR>More information:</P>
<DIV class=page-link><A
href="https://act.sumofus.org/go/552745?t=10&akid=80960%2E15424008%2EkDPAur"
rel=noopener target=_blank>'Total destruction': why fires are
tearing across South America</A>. The Guardian. 9 October
2020.</DIV>
<DIV class=page-link><A
href="https://act.sumofus.org/go/552746?t=11&akid=80960%2E15424008%2EkDPAur"
rel=noopener target=_blank>Complicity in Destruction II</A>. Amazon
Watch. 1 April 2019.</DIV></TD></TR>
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align=left><B>From:</B> <A title=us@sumofus.org
href="mailto:us@sumofus.org">Leyla Larbi, SumOfUs </A></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial" align=left><B>Sent:</B> Saturday,
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