The finance industry plays an obvious key role in sustaining the fossil fuel industry and other practices and industries that contribute to climate change. Groups advocating for the reform of the banking and finance industries, such as Positive Money, point out that “huge sums of money are needed to transform our energy and economic systems and protect the planet. And yet banks in the UK still lend billions every year to extreme fossil fuel projects.” Influential political economists such as Ann Pettifor make the case for a ‘Green New Deal’ and outline the reforms needed to international finance to avert ecological collapse.