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We used to have this habit: every year we saved for a small project\u2014this year we\u2019ll buy this, next year we\u2019ll build that. Then in one instant, it all disappeared.<\/p>\n\n
I remember when the sea poured into our sleeping area. We didn\u2019t realize it at first. We thought my grandchild peed. But it was seawater\u2026.<\/p>\n\n
Take it from us, climate change is already here; it\u2019s been here for years. We can\u2019t pretend otherwise. What matters to us now is making sure it doesn\u2019t get even worse. We can\u2019t stop it overnight, but we can demand accountability and push for solutions that protect communities like ours.<\/p>\n\n People ask about the case we\u2019re filing. We\u2019re in it to fight a big international company. Am I afraid? Courage comes from my family\u2014from my children and my grandchildren. Whether we lose or win is not the point for me. What matters is that we stand up. Even if it takes many years before results\u2014many years before we know that we\u2019ve won or lost\u2014my grandchildren will remember that their lola stood up for them. I want them to know that as a matter of human rights, we should fight.<\/p>\n\n Why is it important that we win? Because a win can force payment for damages. At the very least, the possessions we spent years saving up for\u2014our boats, our homes\u2014could be replaced. But even if we lose, at least we did something. We are not \u201csmall people.\u201d We are people who fight.<\/p>\n\n Climate justice can sound like a big, distant phrase, but for us it is simple. It\u2019s the right to sleep without seawater licking the floorboards. The right to fish and come home safe. The right to rebuild once\u2014and not rebuild the same house again and again. It is the right to live with dignity.<\/p>\n\n If you are reading this from far away, please know that every storm has names and faces behind it. Boats have names. Homes have birthdays. When storms make the news, we carry on with repairs long after the headlines are gone. We need those responsible for this crisis to help pay for the losses and to change their business so others don\u2019t suffer the same.<\/p>\n\n I fight for my family, my neighbours, and the generations yet to come. I fight so my grandchildren can look back one day and say, \u201cOur grandmother was part of that. She stood up for us.\u201d<\/p>\n\n No, we are not small. Our hearts are bigger than any storm. And why do we fight for climate justice and accountability? Because beneath the statistics and reports lies the simplest truth of all: our lives are at stake.<\/p>\n\n Annie Casquejo is a resident of Batasan Island, one of the \u201csinking islands\u201d in Bohol, and one of the claimants in the Odette Case. Annie, along with other survivors of Super Typhoon Odette (Rai), is demanding accountability from Shell for climate-induced damages and the great harm they suffered from the storm, which claimed 405 lives and injured over 1,400 others in 2021.![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-philippines-stateless\/2026\/03\/4d23568f-gp0sty4r2.jpg\" "\\"Sinking")
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Climate scientists say the extreme weather brought by Odette was made more likely by climate change driven by fossil fuel combustion. <\/span>This landmark case is the first of its kind and scale against an oil and gas company for deaths, injuries, and property damage that have already occurred.
The case, filed in London where Shell\u2019s global headquarters is located, addresses the company\u2019s historic carbon emissions, as well as its deception and disinformation<\/span> about climate change, which it has known about since 1965.
Support Annie and other super typhoon survivors in their fight for survival and our common future. Sign the petition.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n