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Green Climate Fund must say no to HSBC, Crédit Agricole partnerships
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By: Pan African Climate Justice Alliance, Friends of the Earth U.S., Institute for Policy Studies, Germanwatch, ActionAid USA
2015-11-03

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Sam Ogallah, Pan African Climate Justice Alliance, +254 712 612 662, ogallah@pacja.org
Karen Orenstein, Friends of the Earth U.S., +1 202-640-8679, korenstein@foe.org
Oscar Reyes, Institute for Policy Studies, +34 626 216 311, oscar@ips-dc.org
Lutz Weischer, Germanwatch, +49-174-9917040, weischer@germanwatch.org 
Brandon Wu, ActionAid USA, Developed Country Civil Society Representative to the GCF Board, +1 202-906-0378, brandon.wu@actionaid.org


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The Green Climate Fund (GCF) must not channel its money through two scandal-ridden international commercial banks that are leading funders of the coal industry, say civil society groups at a meeting of the GCF's Board in Livingstone, Zambia.
 
The groups say that the GCF must reject applications for accreditation by big banks HSBC and Crédit Agricole. Accredited entities are approved to receive and disburse a share of the $10.2 billion pledged to the GCF.
 
"The Green Climate Fund Board must reject applications from HSBC and Crédit Agricole. Creating new business for big banks with poor human rights records and large fossil fuel portfolios undermines the very purpose of the Fund," said Karen Orenstein of Friends of the Earth U.S.
 
"Accepting HSBC and Crédit Agricole as partners at the Green Climate Fund will only confirm the suspicions of many governments and civil society organizations about the role of the private sector in financing the new Paris deal. Public funds must be used to support local communities in developing countries not to subsidize big banks," said Tim Gore of Oxfam.
 
"When communities need support to cope with climate impacts, it is not loans or foreign investments that will help. There is no profit to be made in building the resilience of the poorest and most vulnerable. HSBC and Crédit Agricole are the wrong choices for a fund that is meant to directly benefit vulnerable communities," said Sam Ogallah of the Pan African Climate Justice Alliance.
 
The GCF's mandate to work directly with developing country institutions is what makes it innovative, the groups say. Targeted funding will help to build skills and expertise in poor countries, allowing governments to better meet the needs of the poorest and most vulnerable people in their countries.
 
"HSBC and Crédit Agricole are both heavy investors in the fossil fuel industry, which makes them the wrong partners for the Green Climate Fund. Commitments to deliver green projects are not enough. Private sector partners of the GCF need to have a credible strategy to make their entire portfolio and all of their operations consistent with human rights and with the 2° Celsius global warming limit set by the international community, and preferably a 1.5° Celsius limit," said Lutz Weischer of Germanwatch.
 
Civil society groups are calling on the Green Climate Fund Board to only approve accredited entities with clear commitments to fighting climate change, and to prioritize the approval of domestic entities in developing countries.
 
Over 120 NGOs released a statement calling for the rejection of HSBC and Crédit Agricole by the GCF. The statement, which includes further detail on the records of HSBC and Crédit Agricole, can be downloaded here.    

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