{"id":74246,"date":"2025-04-25T12:47:24","date_gmt":"2025-04-25T10:47:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/?p=74246"},"modified":"2025-06-05T17:48:26","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T15:48:26","slug":"2025-is-the-year-to-make-polluters-pay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/story\/74246\/2025-is-the-year-to-make-polluters-pay\/","title":{"rendered":"2025 is the year to make polluters pay"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Greenpeace Romania activists protested in the dried-up lake of Comana Natural Park to raise awareness about the escalating climate crisis.
\u00a9 Mihai Militaru \/ Greenpeace<\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n

As governments and communities around the world face growing costs from devastating climate impacts, there\u2019s a looming elephant in the room: The billionaire-polluter class has never had it so good. <\/a><\/p>\n\n

Profits of oil and gas corporations remain obscenely high<\/a>. Five companies alone (ExxonMobil, Chevron, Shell, BP, and TotalEnergies) reported over US$100 billion cumulatively in profit for 2024 and Big Oil firms are handing shareholders more money than ever<\/a>, while promising even more payouts through dividends and share repurchases in the future.<\/p>\n\n

Meanwhile, 2024 was the hottest year on record globally,<\/a> with over 150 unprecedented extreme weather events, fuelled by the greenhouse gas emissions of the oil and gas industry.<\/a> From Kathmandu to Dubai, the Philippines, North and South America, no part of the world is left untouched.<\/p>\n\n

People over profits<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n

Why should people suffering the impacts of extreme weather be left with the bill, when the corporations who fuelled the crisis, obscured the science about climate change<\/a> and lobbied against action<\/a> are allowed to continue to pollute our planet and make huge profits? With half of the world’s CO2 emissions coming from just 36 fossil fuel firms<\/a>, and 89% of global CO2 emissions<\/a> coming from fossil fuels and industry alone, we\u2019re talking about a sector that has damaged the health and livelihoods of communities around the world for decades. The devastating case of Shell in the Niger Delta<\/a>, which has caused babies to be born with birth defects and significantly reduced the productivity of local farming and fishing, is just one of many examples.  <\/p>\n

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