"The wreckage should tell the story of the thousands of destroyed lives and livelihoods for which the oil giant is responsible, and make TotalEnergies pay for its damages," is how Greenpeace describes the items they brought and left at TotalEnergies' Danish headquarters in Esbjerg on Tuesday at a demonstration.
The destroyed belongings come from what Greenpeace calls "climate-induced" floods in Brazil, Poland and Ebberup on Funen. According to Greenpeace, the demonstration was held to draw attention to how TotalEnergies, together with the other international oil and gas giants, are responsible for the climate-induced extreme weather and the gigantic climate crisis the world is in the midst of. A crisis that the organization fears will get even worse if companies and politicians do not change their permits.
- Most of us feel safe when we stay behind our own four walls. Here we have gathered all our belongings and the most important memories from our lives, and it is safe and nice to be here. But as climate-induced storm surges, cloudbursts and extreme heat intensify, more and more people are having their bases and their lives destroyed, says Greenpeace's climate campaign manager, Lauren Bowey, who was in the reception area during today's action to hand over the Brazilian doll to one of TotalEnergie's directors.
To DOI.dk, communications partner Nanna Bøgedal confirms that there was a demonstration on Tuesday, where activists showed up at the company. However, everything is proceeding peacefully.
"I can confirm that a group of activists from Greenpeace today at approximately 9:45 a.m. approached the reception at TotalEnergies EP Denmark's office at Britanniavej 10 in Esbjerg. After being asked to leave the building, the activists briefly gathered in front of the main entrance. Shortly thereafter, our on-site security team contacted the police, after which the activists left the area in good order. The safety of our employees and visitors is our highest priority. We therefore continue to cooperate with the local police and closely monitor the situation, she writes in a statement.
Greenpeace hopes that COP29 will send a bill to oil companies
The COP29 climate summit is currently underway. Here, world leaders are negotiating and trying to find financing for the fund for climate-related losses and damages, which will help especially the poorest and most vulnerable countries when climate disasters strike. Greenpeace hopes that politicians will decide that oil companies must use part of their surplus to pay climate compensation. That is why the activists demonstrated under slogans such as “Climate Justice Delivery” and “Make Polluters Pay”.
- The oil companies earn huge sums of money from destroying people's lives, especially in the global south. It cannot be right that the most vulnerable should have to pay for the climate chaos that TotalEnergies and the other fossil fuel giants have created. And the solution is right there. Together we must pressure our politicians to tax the oil and gas giants so that they can pay for the damage they cause and for the climate adaptation that is needed to ensure that our homes can continue to be a safe place to be, says Lauren Bowey.
The action in front of TotalEnergies is part of a series of similar Greenpeace actions against oil and gas companies in various places around the world, including in Norway, Austria, France, South Africa, the Philippines, Italy, Romania and Spain.
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