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.
Meet the people behind the pact
“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
“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
“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.
Learn more about the Polluters Pay Pact
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8 in 10 people support taxing oil and gas corporations to pay for climate damages, global survey finds
The findings reveal broad public support for core demands of the Polluters Pay Pact, as climate impacts worsen worldwide and global inequality grows.
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Meet the people backing the Polluters Pay Pact
Ordinary people, from all walks of life, are are uniting around the Polluters Pay Pact to say: governments must recover what is owed from dirty energy companies. Read more about the stories behind the faces.
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We risk our lives facing Amazon wildfires. What will politicians risk to make the polluters behind them pay
A firefighter describes the horror of witnessing the Amazon being consumed by wildfires, and why he cannot turn his back on it.
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From Manila to LA: How Greenpeace is turning Make Polluters Pay into law
Whether you live in Manila or in Los Angeles, you’re already feeling the impacts of the climate crisis. Scientific studies confirm Big Oil’s greenhouse gas emissions makes catastrophes significantly more likely to occur.
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2025 is the year to make polluters pay
As governments and communities around the world face growing costs from devastating climate impacts, there’s a looming elephant in the room: The billionaire-polluter class has never had it so good.
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A multi-billion dollar question: What good can come from taxing oil and gas corporations for climate damages?
As storms, floods, fires, and droughts are hitting us more frequently and with greater intensity around the world, the costs of the climate crisis are going up significantly. Bold taxes or fines on oil and gas corporations would help to raise vital revenues.
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