#influencemap

Here’s a link to the InfluenceMap described in this article. Short executive summary, and a download of the full report if you want it.

Excerpt from this story from Mother Jones:

A flurry of climate pledges from financial institutions in recent years has not been followed by meaningful action, according to a report from the corporate accountability nonprofit InfluenceMap published on Friday.

Of the 30 largest financial institutions in the world, none has instituted fossil fuel finance policies that are in line with science-based guidance for stabilizing the climate at a safe temperature. Meanwhile, all of them retain membership in industry associations that routinely lobby against climate finance policies and regulations.

“It remains likely that the financial sector will continue to enable real-economy activities misaligned with 1.5°C climate scenarios as long as they remain legally and economically viable in the short term,” the report says.

The authors of the report compiled data on corporate lending, equity and bond underwriting, and asset management activities across the 30 largest financial institutions in 2020 and 2021. (For banks, underwriting means lining up sales of stocks and bonds for companies.) They then analyzed whether these activities aligned with the banks’ own climate commitments, as well as industry-recognized, science-based benchmarks. In those two years alone, banks lent or underwrote $697 billion for oil and gas production and $42 billion for coal production. The single largest financier, at $81 billion, was J.P. Morgan.

About 20 percent of the money went to oil giants ExxonMobil, Chevron, Shell, TotalEnergies, and BP—all of which plan to continue exploring for new reserves. Last year, the International Energy Agency, a research organization that advises nations on energy policy, found that developing new oil and gas fields was incompatible with achieving net-zero emissions globally by 2050.

My influence map updated and a list of amazing artists whose work inspires me a lot!

Fiz meu mapa de influências e adicionei as referências que uso desde as antigas até as mais atuais, tem outros artistas que eu admiro muito também, mas acho que as principais influências diretas que formam meu traço e arte atualmente são essas. =)