Last year, the United Nations released a report that found that 20,000 children a day are displaced by climate-driven extreme weather events. As the world’s largest funder of fossil fuel expansion, Citi is a major cause of the hurricanes and floods that have caused tens of millions of children to have to flee their homes over the last decade.
That’s why, today, 500+ climate activists built a Children’s Climate Memorial on the street outside of the Citibank CEO’s luxury apartment complex.
Citi has the power to do something about the climate crisis that is displacing millions of children, every year. And the CEO is the person with the greatest power within the company.
We know it’s an extraordinary step to take our campaign to someone’s home. It’s not one we take lightly. We have asked Citibank to end its support for fossil fuels for years. We have sent petitions, written letters, published reports, mobilized customers and investors.
In September, we shut down their global headquarters. In April, we did it twice. Since June 10th, we have done it 14 times. And still, Citi is one of the world’s largest funders of fossil fuel expansion.
So we’re here ― in the spirit of nonviolence and with love in our hearts ― building a memorial to the millions of children whose lives are being upended by the climate crisis, outside the luxury apartment complex of the person with the most power to end Citi’s financing for fossil fuels, the CEO, urging her to do the right thing.
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