They were calling out the bank’s large investments in fossil fuel companies and also investments in arms, currently being used to bomb Gaza. There were at least half a dozen Christians who took part in the protest, as part of a group called Christian Climate Action. Christian Climate Action members disrupted the AGM alongside Fossil Free London, Extinction Rebellion Glasgow, the Palestine Solidarity Campaign and more. There was a crowd of protestors outside of the meeting venue, and inside the AGM Christians were amongst those, who stood up and disrupted proceedings by reading impromptu speeches urging Barclays to make the changes needed. Whilst Barclays committed to stop financing new oil & gas expansion ‘projects’ in a renewed energy policy in February, this restricts just 10% of their fossil fuel funding.
