Civil Society Calls on Nearly 200 Public Development Banks and Financial Institutions to Adopt the Banks and Biodiversity No Go Policy
On November 11th, 2020, the Banks and Biodiversity campaign led 38 civil society groups (CSOs) in calling on nearly 200 public development banks and financial institutions to commit to adopting the Banks and Biodiversity proposed No Go policy. The letter was sent to public development banks and financial institutions participating in the Finance in Common Summit, which took place on November 9-12, 2020, and called on financial actors to take urgent steps to safeguard the world’s last and most critical ecosystems necessary for fighting climate change, preventing biodiversity loss, and containing the emergence of zoonotic diseases.