blockade in front of Pilipinas Shell Oil’s refinery in Tabangao, Batangas, in a bid to emphasize corporations’ outsized responsibility in curbing emissions causing global warming.
Around 6 a.m., six volunteers swiftly linked hands and chained themselves to a large siren. Within seconds, they had barricaded the gate: a peaceful yet brazen challenge to fossil fuel companies like Shell to show accountability for their role in the climate crisis.
She added: “As we demand our right to a safe and livable future, we sound the alarm for fossil fuel industries because we only have 11 years left to limit the increase of our global warming to 1.5 degree Celsius. We should treat this as a national emergency.”Greenpeace country director Lea Guerrero refers to the landmark report by the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which concluded that even half a degree beyond the 1.
A large part of this was because fossil fuel companies like Shell had refused to acknowledge their role in the crisis, nor were they willing to participate in the climate talks, Guerrero said.“Companies like Shell are not being asked by any government body to report on their own emissions even though they are the largest contributors to emissions leading to global warming,” Guerrero said. “On the other end of it, the people who suffer the most are the people who are the least responsible for it.
krixiasINQ Stop burning our future. Greenpeace will give every Filipino their own solar kits. Great move!