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The climate-impacted community of Dinagat Islands unfurl a banner that reads \u201cMake Climate Polluters Pay\u201d, demanding for fossil fuel companies (coal, oil, and gas) to pay up for the loss and damages they have endured from Super Typhoon Odette (international name: Rai) back in December 2021, and still enduring because they still haven\u2019t fully recovered from the typhoon\u2019s wrath.
\u00a9 Erwin Mascari\u00f1as \/ Greenpeace<\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n

CLIMATE JUSTICE FOR ALL<\/h2>\n\n

Communities who are least responsible for climate change are in the frontlines of the crisis,<\/mark> losing their lives, homes, and livelihoods from floods, storm surges, landslides, destructive winds, and intense rains brought regularly by super typhoons. Meanwhile, many coastal communities are also experiencing the threat of rising sea levels and ocean warming and acidification also brought about by climate change.<\/p>\n\n

Aside from coping with death and destruction, countries like the Philippines are losing hundreds of billions of dollars from addressing multiple and compounding climate impacts that ravage communities yearly, further straining the country\u2019s limited capacity to respond to other pressing development challenges.<\/p>\n\n

Meanwhile, the world\u2019s biggest and richest oil and gas companies, who are largely responsible for climate emissions, continue to expand operations, <\/mark>bringing in record-breaking profits as they drill for more oil, gas, and coal accelerating climate change\u2014even while communities continue to experience ever-worsening climate impacts.<\/p>\n\n

But communities are not taking this injustice sitting down. Many of them are standing up for climate justice to reclaim their future, holding fossil fuel companies to account, and calling on governments to make polluters pay.<\/mark><\/p>\n\n

LET\u2019S STAND WITH FILIPINO COMMUNITIES CALLING FOR AN END TO FOSSIL FUELS AND PAYMENT FOR CLIMATE DAMAGES<\/h2>\n\n

The climate crisis we are experiencing right now was brought about by the world\u2019s biggest and richest fossil fuel companies. For too long, these companies have profited from climate destruction and immense human suffering.<\/p>\n\n

While they count their billions, people across the globe count the damage from the record-breaking typhoons, floods, droughts, and heatwaves that these companies are fueling. This is the stark reality of climate injustice, and we must end it!<\/p>\n\n

Let\u2019s call on the Philippine government to hold these fossil fuel companies accountable and make them pay for loss and damage. Sign the petition below:<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n