--- title: "#JustRecoveryEurope" type: taxonomy_archive taxonomy: post_tag slug: europe-justrecovery term_id: 790 permalink: "https://350.org/tag/europe-justrecovery/" post_count: 21 --- # #JustRecoveryEurope Posts in this archive: 21 - [Europe's central bank sets foot on a path towards a fossil free future](https://350.org/ecb-strategy/) — The European Central Bank's new strategy sends a clear signal to banks and businesses around the world: the era of fossil finance is coming to an end. - [Why are we talking about the Bank of England?](https://350.org/why-are-we-talking-about-the-bank-of-england/) — To answer this question, we need to start by looking at why we as climate activists are focusing on finance at all. - [Flamethrowers and glaciers... at the European Central Bank](https://350.org/flamethrowers-and-glaciers-at-the-european-central-bank/) — Activists from Koala Kollektiv, a Frankfurt-based grassroots climate justice organisation gathered outside the European Central Bank last night to call for urgent climate action and an end to fossil finance. - [In 2021 we’ll keep going after the money](https://350.org/2021-end-fossil-finance/) — Next year, the global 350.org community is doubling down on our goal to end fossil finance. In Europe, we’re keeping the spotlight on central banks. Here’s a look at how we responded to a campaign survey. - [5 years since Paris, Lagarde chooses polluters over people](https://350.org/500bn-euro-more/) — If you’re not part of the solution, you’re part of the problem. On the eve of the Paris Agreement’s fifth anniversary, Christine Lagarde, President of the European Central Bank, chose the wrong side of history. - [Christine Lagarde must change course to a green coronavirus recovery](https://350.org/lagarde-must-change-course/) — The European Central Bank has pumped an estimated €100 billion of Covid bailout cash into polluting sectors, despite its chief’s climate-friendly rhetoric - [The climate crimes European public money pays for](https://350.org/the-climate-crimes-european-public-money-pays-for/) — Next week, Christine Lagarde has to make a choice. We need to push her to do the right thing: stop giving public money to climate criminals. - [The ECB must stop funding the climate crisis, now 🔥🔥](https://350.org/fire-at-ecb/) — As President Christine Lagarde hosts the #ECBListens event, activists in Frankfurt set fire to a model Earth to demand the European Central Bank stops funding polluters. - [Your Voice: delivered to the European Central Bank](https://350.org/your-voice-delivered/) — Our voices were heard at the European Central Bank, thanks to so many powerful, personal messages from all over Europe, demanding the Bank stops funding polluters. - [Your Voice](https://350.org/your-voice/) — We only have a few days left to make sure the European Central Bank hears our demands, and we need your voice - literally. - [What's the Bank of England got to do with the climate crisis?](https://350.org/whats-the-bank-of-england-got-to-do-with-the-climate-crisis/) — Big Banks like Barclays and HSBC are out of control. Since the UN Climate talks in 2015, commercial banks have continued to recklessly fund the fossil fuel industry, pouring a staggering £2 TRILLION into coal, oil and gas - and they’re showing no sign of slowing down. - [The people have spoken - will the European Central Bank listen?](https://350.org/the-people-have-spoken-will-the-european-central-bank-listen/) — A few weeks ago, we sent out a survey to see what the people of Europe thought their central bank should focus its attention on. And your answer came back loud and clear: no more business-as-usual for the European Central Bank! - [Everyone’s talking about recovery 💬](https://350.org/g20-euco-ecb-recovery/) — The trillions of dollars for post-pandemic economic recovery can be used to change everything - or go right back to business-as-usual. G20 and EU Council are talking about it this week. Where does the European Central Bank come into this? - [Lagarde & European Central Bank fuel the fire of the climate crisis](https://350.org/ecb-adds-fuel-to-fire/) — For a former vocal advocate of climate action, President Lagarde stays shockingly silent about the European Central Bank’s role in funding coal, oil and gas companies with the use of Covid-19 recovery funds. - [European Central Bank is funding climate criminals](https://350.org/european-central-bank-is-funding-climate-criminals/) — New research shows that huge amounts of money are flowing from the European Central Bank to some of the worst fossil fuel corporations in the world. We’re done asking nicely for money to go to people, not polluters - it’s time to escalate. - [We can #BuildBackBetter](https://350.org/we-can-buildbackbetter/) — It's International Nurses Day! In the UK we're celebrating the frontline workers who are keeping us safe in this pandemic, and joining their call to build a fairer, greener and better future for all through a just recovery. - [Two crises, one way out](https://350.org/two-crises-one-way-out/) — How we choose to rebuild our world after the Covid-19 pandemic will either chart a way out of the twin crises of an economic and climate breakdown, or further fuel inequity, injustice and climate destruction. Our central banks are at the core of those choices. - [Civil society calls for solidarity in EU's COVID-19 response](https://350.org/civil-society-calls-for-solidarity-in-eus-covid-19-response/) — "Solidarity must be the bedrock of Europe’s response to this crisis: to fighting the pandemic and protecting all people, to managing the social and economic consequences, and to defending democracy." - [We need to build back better 🔧](https://350.org/we-need-to-build-back-better/) — We must remember this: “normal” was already a crisis. “Normal” was inequity, oppression, and climate breakdown. Instead of returning to normal, we need to build back better. - [10 European countries call for coronavirus recovery based on Green Deal](https://350.org/10-european-countries-call-for-coronavirus-recovery-based-on-green-deal/) — EU recovery plans must not compound the climate crisis, say ministers from 10 European governments today. Our responses to the COVID-19 outbreak must not come at the expense of people and planet. - [Central banks must target a green recovery after coronavirus](https://350.org/blog-central-banks-recovery/) — Huge finance injections must help to create a different kind of economy - one that is more stable and sustainable.