Stand up to wall street in
The Summer of
heat
A sustained campaign of nonviolent civil disobedience to end financing for fossil fuels.
SUMMER OF HEAT
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SUMMER OF HEAT 🔥
Fossil Fuels Kill .
We Fight to Live .
ABOUT US
The clock is ticking. That’s why during the Summer of Heat, we're taking joyful, relentless nonviolent direct action to end fossil fuel financing.
Wall Street is bankrolling the coal, oil and gas companies that are polluting our communities and killing our planet. But we're going to stop them.
We’re going hard all summer long. Week after week. Month after month. We're taking the party to the streets and we won't stop.
OUR DEMANds
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Wall Street must stop funding, insuring and investing in all coal, oil and gas companies.
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Wall Street must increase its level of financing for renewable energy so that it is in line with what is required for the world to limit global warming to 1.5°C.*
* According to research by BloombergNEF, this means that Wall Street banks must increase their level of renewable energy financing by at least a factor of four by 2030
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From Arizona to the Congo, the energy transition risks driving a new wave of human rights abuses and violations of Indigenous sovereignty. Wall Street must ensure that human rights, Indigenous sovereignty and the rights of workers are respected by every company they finance, including renewable energy and rare earth mining companies.
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Wall Street must acknowledge its role in fueling climate chaos and environmental racism around the world and pay into a climate reparations fund, such as the UNFCCC’s Loss and Damage Fund.
Summer of Heat brings together a multiracial, multigenerational, cross-class movement for a campaign of sustained nonviolent direct action that demands that Wall Street stop investing in, financing, and insuring fossil fuels. Our work together is guided by these principles:
Principles
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Every day that we continue to burn fossil fuels, the climate crisis worsens. To stop the climate crisis, we must end the era of fossil fuels.
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While the climate crisis threatens all of us, we face the impacts of the crisis at different rates and intensities. In our work we honor the variety of reasons people choose to fight and the different exposure we have to the climate crisis.
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At the core of the social, economic, and environmental crises we face today are centuries of colonialism, racism, capitalism, and other systems of oppression. Our work is grounded in addressing the root causes of the climate crisis, and we remain vigilant to the ways these systems can creep into our work.
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The only way we will win is by creating a movement that is irresistible to mass numbers of people. Our actions strive to create a moral crisis that polarizes the public and forces people to take a stand. We welcome all who act in alignment with our principles.
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We stay focused on achieving our goals. Our actions are strategic, disciplined, and innovative.
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The people and institutions that use their financial, cultural, and political power to support the fossil fuel industry are destroying our world. Our work strives to disrupt their businesses and their lives.
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While violence may be used against us, we never respond with violent acts. The violent actions of the state and corporations will only inspire people to join our cause, while a violent response on our part will inevitably drive people away.
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The climate crisis is a bummer, but we don’t have to be. Joy and humor are powerful tools of resistance that bolster our resilience.
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There will be many battles in the fight to end fossil fuels. Our work isn’t about one campaign or one moment, it's about building toward our collective vision of a livable future.
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In order to be in the fight for a livable future for the long haul, we must remind each other to rest and help each other carry the load. We do our best work when we are our best selves.