{"id":71308,"date":"2024-11-18T09:13:35","date_gmt":"2024-11-18T08:13:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/?p=71308"},"modified":"2025-07-02T09:33:00","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T07:33:00","slug":"flood-storm-debris-big-oil-gas-global-climate-justice-protests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/story\/71308\/flood-storm-debris-big-oil-gas-global-climate-justice-protests\/","title":{"rendered":"Flood wreckage confronts big oil and gas in global climate justice protests"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In two weeks of worldwide protests, Greenpeace activists confronted fossil fuel executives with the remnants of personal and communal tragedy caused by climate disasters \u2013 to make clear the true cost of their greed. Containers full of broken toys and ruined furniture were among the personal effects shipped from areas devastated by floods and storms and laid at the doors of TotalEnergies, Eni, Equinor and OMV.<\/p>\n\n

Survivors of extreme weather events joined Greenpeace activists outside the headquarters of oil companies, and in capital cities around the world \u2013 and at COP29 \u2013 to demand climate polluters #PayUp for the loss and damage they\u2019ve caused. Analysis shows<\/a> that small tax on just seven of the world\u2019s biggest oil and gas companies could grow the UN Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage by more than 2000%.<\/p>\n\n

Here are some of the highlights from global protests demanding Make Polluters Pay!<\/p>\n\n

Marching for Climate Justice in Quezon City, Metro Manila <\/h2>\n\n
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Greenpeace Philippines join thousands of marchers at the Global Day of Action for Climate Justice in Quezon City
\u00a9 Jilson Tiu \/ Greenpeace<\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n

Greenpeace Philippines activists joined thousands of marchers to call for dirty energy companies to \u201cpay up for climate finance\u201d and to demand the government seek climate justice. The Philippines had just been hit by half a dozen consecutive storms and super typhoons within a month. Certain areas in northern Philippines were devastated by all six. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n

Greenpeace Southeast Asia Executive Director Naderev \u2018Yeb\u2019 Sa\u00f1o said<\/strong>: \u201cThese storms are a matter of life and death in my country and it is truly frightening to see so many out-of-season storms. One after the other, these storms are threatening our home. How we respond to them at COP29 is not optional. Finance and action is needed now!\u201d<\/p>\n\n

Activists fill Equinor executive\u2019s yard with Brazil floods debris<\/h2>\n\n
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Activists deliver flood debris to oil executive Anders Opedal’s home, protesting Equinor’s role in the climate crisis.
\u00a9 Jason White \/ Greenpeace<\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n

Greenpeace Nordic and Brazil activists confronted<\/a> oil giant Equinor in Norway, filling the CEO\u2019s personal yard with wreckage from flooding in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, which included broken toys, furniture, and other personal belongings provided by local communities and shipped to Norway. <\/p>\n\n

Halvard Raavand, deputy programme manager for Greenpeace in Norway, said: <\/strong>\u201cFor too long, the fossil fuel industry has been allowed to pollute our atmosphere, accelerating the climate crisis. Now it\u2019s time for Equinor and other oil majors to pay for the climate damage they cause, whilst also rolling back any plans of new climate-wrecking oil and gas fields.\u201d <\/p>\n\n

Anna Carcamo, Climate Policy Specialist at Greenpeace Brasil, said: <\/strong>\u201cWhile the floods in Rio Grande do Sul alone generated an economic impact of more than US$17 billion, the amount currently pledged to the UN Loss & Damage Fund is just US$700 million. Taxing oil companies is urgent and necessary, considering that these companies have been profiting from greenhouse gas emissions for decades, despite knowing their devastating impacts on the climate and global society.\u201d<\/p>\n\n

Polluters confronted with tornado wreckage at Africa Energy Week <\/h2>\n\n
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Protest at Africa Energy Week 2024, Cape Town, urging a shift from fossil fuels to renewable energy for Africa’s future
\u00a9 Malcolm Rainers \/ Greenpeace<\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n

In Cape Town, Greenpeace Africa activists stormed Africa Energy Week<\/a> with remains of the catastrophic tornado in Tongaat, Durban. <\/p>\n\n

Cynthia Moyo, Greenpeace Africa’s Climate and Energy Campaigner, said:<\/strong> “We are returning debris from extreme weather events, symbolic of the damage caused by Big Oil, to the very corporations responsible. Africa will not remain silent while oil giants profit from our suffering. We cannot allow Africa to be sacrificed on the altar of fossil fuel profits. The voices of our communities must be heard, and the corporations responsible for this crisis must be made to pay for the harm they have caused.\u201d <\/p>\n\n

From South Africa to France: TotalEnergies = total destruction <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n
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Greenpeace France gathered in front of the headquarters of TotalEnergies to warn of the responsibility of oil and gas companies in the climate crisis.
\u00a9 Emeric Fohlen \/ Greenpeace<\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n

In Paris, Greenpeace France activists set up muddy personal and communal items from destructive floods in South Africa, in front of TotalEnergies’ headquarters. <\/p>\n\n

Sarah Cleaver, Climate campaigner in Greenpeace France, said: <\/strong>\u201cWhile people are losing their homes and their lives, TotalEnergies is still collecting massive profits from the climate crisis. Now it’s the duty of governments to make them pay.\u201d<\/p>\n\n

Climate wreckers like ENI must pay for extreme weather disasters<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n
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