Polluters Pay Pact

The Polluters Pay Pact is a global alliance of communities on the frontlines of climate disasters, concerned citizens, first responders like firefighters, humanitarian groups and political leaders.

We demand that governments around the world make oil, coal and gas corporations pay their fair share for the damages they cause. Join us.

Polluters broke it. We're paying for it.

Meet the people behind the pact

Pia Hollenstein, member of the board of the KlimaSeniorinnen

“As a retired nurse, my instinct is to care for others, but no medicine can cure a heating planet, and there’s no vaccine for heatstroke. I am part of a group of women called the Climate Seniors, and together won a landmark climate case at the European Court of Human Rights. Making polluters pay could fund a climate strategy to strengthen our health system and protect the elderly. I’m joining the Polluters Pay Pact to say: the way governments handle polluters cannot go on.”

Pia, Switzerland retired nurse, and climate lawsuit litigant

“Under the blistering sun, India’s frontline workers brave deadly heat with no shelter, no relief — while the oil barons who drive this crisis sit untouched in air-conditioned towers of power. This is not just heat — this is injustice. And the workers are rising, united in one voice: enough is enough!”

Sandeep Verma, representative of the street vendors group, YODDHA

Sandeep Verma, representative of the street vendors group, YODDHA
Greg, Australia, Former Commissioner of Fire & Rescue NSW

“I have fought fires for over 50 years and have seen firsthand how climate pollution is supercharging them. They are burning at times when they haven’t burnt before, in places that communities and emergency services aren’t prepared for. I believe it is time that companies start to pay for the damage they are doing. That is why I have joined the polluters Pay Pact.”

Greg, Australia, Former Commissioner of Fire & Rescue NSW

“I know what it means to pay for the climate crisis with your life. My friend was swept away by floods, and I couldn’t save her. That night, 220 people died. My generation is losing our future and the people we love. We pay the highest price, while oil CEOs get richer. Governments must act now and make the polluters pay, because we already have. That is why I have joined the Polluters Pay Pact.”

Benjamin, Belgium, Climate Justice Advocate

Benjamin, Belgium, Climate Justice Advocate
Portrait of Nonhle Mbuthuma in the English Channel

“Oil drilling is destroying the planet, but it’s also destroying communities living in areas near fossil fuel developments. If we do nothing, communities will be forced to leave their ancestral homes, with no compensation. We are demanding that fossil fuel companies like Shell stop drilling, shift to renewable energy and start paying for the damage they’ve done.”

Nonhle Mbuthuma Forslund, South Africa, advocate for the right of communities to say no to destructive development on ancestral land.

Polluters broke it. We're paying for it.
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Who’s Standing With Us

350
350
ActionAid
ActionAid
OXFAM
OXFAM
Stamp Out Poverty
Stamp Out Poverty
Uniting Church in Australia - Synod of Victoria and Tasmania
Uniting Church in Australia – Synod of Victoria and Tasmania
Mothers Rise Up
Mothers Rise Up
IDPE
IDPE
Global Witness
Global Witness
Jubilee Australia - Research Centre
Jubilee Australia – Research Centre
War on Want
War on Want
Tipping Point
Tipping Point
Make Polluters Pay
Make Polluters Pay
Global Justice Now
Global Justice Now
Islamic Relief UK
Islamic Relief UK
CIEL - Center for International Environmental Law
CIEL – Center for International Environmental Law
CAFOD - a better world needs all of us
CAFOD
Pacific Islands Students Fighting Climate Change
Pacific Islands Students Fighting Climate Change
AIDA
AIDA
198 Methods
198 Methods
Academia cidadã - Citizenship Academy
Academia cidadã – Citizenship Academy
Accountability Lab Nigeria
Accountability Lab Nigeria
Animals Are Sentient Beings Inc.
Animals Are Sentient Beings Inc.
CAMPAX - make change happen
CAMPAX – make change happen
CCAG
CCAG
Center for Coalfield Justice
Center for Coalfield Justice
CREACC - center for renewable energy and action on climate change
CREACC – center for renewable energy and action on climate change
Climate Action for Lifelong Learners
Climate Action for Lifelong Learners
Climate Defenders
Climate Defenders
Connected Advocacy
Connected Advocacy
Eco Steward and Humanitarian Foundation
Eco Steward and Humanitarian Foundation
Friends of the Earth - England, Wales and Northern Ireland
Friends of the Earth – England, Wales and Northern Ireland
GBOLEKEKRO Women Empowerment and Development Organisation
GBOLEKEKRO Women Empowerment and Development Organisation
Greenfaith Africa
Greenfaith Africa
Just Share
Just Share
LEDEF - Lekeh Development Foundation
LEDEF – Lekeh Development Foundation
Klimabevaegelsen
Klimabevaegelsen
Linha Vermelha
Linha Vermelha
Make Polluters Pay
Make Polluters Pay
Nature Talk Africa
Nature Talk Africa
S
S
Social Action - Social Development Integrated Centre
Social Action – Social Development Integrated Centre
Telangana Gig and Platform Workers Union
Telangana Gig and Platform Workers Union
The Development Report
The Development Report
The People's Justice Council
The People’s Justice Council
Turtle Island Restoration Network Fighting for a blue-green Planet
Turtle Island Restoration Network Fighting for a blue-green Planet
Unitarian Universalists for a Just Economic Community
Unitarian Universalists for a Just Economic Community
Women, Youth and Children Advancement Programme
Women, Youth and Children Advancement Programme
World's Youth for Climate Justice
Accountability Lab Nigeria
YGC - Youth for Green Communities
YGC – Youth for Green Communities
African Industrial Solution
African Industrial Solution
Amaclare Connect & Development Initiative
Amaclare Connect & Development Initiative
AVAAZ
AVAAZ
Climate Action Now Srilanka
Climate Action Now Srilanka
Inland Ocean Coalition
Inland Ocean Coalition
Youth for NDCs
Youth for NDCs
Youth vs Oil
Youth vs Oil

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