{"id":3506,"date":"2019-10-10T14:11:12","date_gmt":"2019-10-10T06:11:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/philippines\/?p=3506"},"modified":"2021-12-01T20:39:27","modified_gmt":"2021-12-01T12:39:27","slug":"from-the-frontlines-sounding-the-alarm-for-climate-justice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/philippines\/story\/3506\/from-the-frontlines-sounding-the-alarm-for-climate-justice\/","title":{"rendered":"From the Frontlines: Sounding the Alarm for Climate Justice"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the last month, millions of people marched in solidarity with the growing movement calling for climate justice. After decades of building the conversation around climate change, is this the tipping point that we\u2019ve been waiting for? What does it mean to call for climate justice?<\/span><\/p>\n

The call for climate justice is about coming together to reclaim the rights of people who have the least responsibility for the climate emergency, yet suffer its greatest consequences.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Filipinos come face-to-face with some of the strongest storms in human history. Among themI\u2019ve met the strongest people, with the strongest voices, calling for climate justice.\u00a0 When you risk losing your home, your livelihood, and your loved ones to climate change \u2013 what do you do?<\/span><\/p>\n

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Climate activist and super typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) survivor Joanna Sustento starts an indefinite lone protest in front of the Philippine headquarters of Shell to call for climate justice.<\/p><\/div>\n

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As super-typhoon Haiyan survivor and activist Joanna Sustento said in her <\/span>open letter to Shell<\/span><\/a>, \u201c<\/span>I may have lost my family to the storm, but I am not losing to this climate crisis.\u201d She adds, \u201cNo one deserves to live in fear because of the threats from climate change. Everyone deserves a future where dreams and ambitions live, rather than being shattered.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Six years later, she is standing up both for herself and for her community. She was among the <\/span>lone protesters<\/span><\/a> who, for four days, made a stand, not only for themselves, but to represent the countless silenced voices, the oppressed calls for justice, and the unheard stories of their communities.<\/span><\/p>\n

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JUST IN: Fred dela Cruz, a fisherman, is in front of @Shell<\/a>‘s headquarters in Manila to call for #ClimateJustice<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/2nzlPVeJQj<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Greenpeace Philippines (@gpph) September 17, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n