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$5,360,000,000,000.
Andy, that's the projected amount of economic damage from climate-fueled disasters brought on by emissions from just five major oil and gas companies over only the last decade since the Paris Climate Agreement was signed, according to new calculations from experts.
$5.36 trillion is such an overwhelmingly massive amount that it’s hard to visualize — so we decided to try to physically display the full scope of Big Oil’s climate bill due.
During the Make Billionaires Pay March in New York for Climate Week, dozens of Greenpeace USA activists deployed a nearly 160-foot-long “Climate Polluters Bill” to expose the enormous cost of the damage a small handful of the world’s largest fossil fuel companies have inflicted on us all now and into the future.
That’s right: we needed the length of an Olympic swimming pool to begin to display the scope of what climate-fueled disasters like wildfires, floods, hurricanes, heatwaves, and drought have cost communities and families around the world.
Andy, Big Oil’s climate bill is long overdue, and it is time they pay up. Sign the Polluters Pay Pact to tell governments around the world: we demand oil and gas corporations pay their fair share to repair the harms they've unleashed.
Big Oil has known for decades that their emissions are wreaking havoc on our climate — and while Big Oil billionaires continue to rake in astronomical profits, ordinary people around the world are paying the price.
It's time for governments to make oil and gas corporations pay instead. $5 trillion is their bill to pay.
Andy, we need to demonstrate that there is huge popular support for making oil, coal and gas corporations pay their fair share for the damages they cause and to support communities and families who are losing their homes, schools, and livelihoods.
Add your name to the Polluters Pay Pact now if you agree that Big Oil needs to pay to help rebuild from climate disasters and invest in climate solutions.
250,000 individuals and over 60 organizations around the world have already joined the Polluters Pay Pact. Together, we can advance action on holding oil and gas corporations accountable at the global level.
In solidarity,
Greenpeace USA
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