MOVEMENT UPDATES
Around the world, the
movement is growing.
Campaigners are winning new laws. Communities are taking polluters to court. Governments are putting new ideas on the table. More organisations are joining the call for fossil fuel companies to pay for the damage they've caused.
Here you'll find the latest updates from across the Make Polluters Pay movement, from coalition partners, national campaigns and the international secretariat.
Together, they tell one story: momentum is building.
Secretary-General declares "polluters must pay"
In his final COP address, the UN Secretary-General slammed the fossil fuel industry and their latest $95 billion quarterly profits, compared to the pittance received by the Loss and Damage fund.
He stated, "It's time for governments to tax these windfall profits and use them to help vulnerable countries recover. Polluters must pay."
"You're on the right side of history. Keep going."
In his final speech to the United Nations General Assembly, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres repeated our campaign demand, stating "Those who polluted the most – and profited the most – must do far more to repair the damage they caused. Polluters must pay."
He went on to say: "And to the leaders, cities, civil society and citizens working to hold them accountable: You are on the right side of history. Keep going."
Over 2 million signatures calling to make polluters pay
At the United Nations General Assembly, our coalition presented petitions with a combined total of over 2 million signatures to Selwin Hart, Assistant Secretary-General for Climate Action at the United Nations, calling on governments to Make Polluters Pay and ensure fossil-fuel companies are taxed more to pay their fair share for the climate damage they have caused.
Big Oil should pay for Nepal disaster
The new UN Loss and Damage Fund is under pressure to provide emergency support for Nepal, but holds only a fraction of the funding promised by governments.
It’s time the big oil and gas companies responsible for climate breakdown were made to pay up.
UN Secretary-General calls for polluters to pay!
Across two speeches at London Climate Action Week, António Guterres urged governments to tax fossil fuel windfall profits: “These are windfall gains born of pain… I urge governments to tax them.”
“The companies driving climate chaos cannot continue profiting from the destruction while vulnerable countries struggle. Polluters must pay.”
European finance ministers call for windfall taxes!
Oil and gas companies made bumper profits of $93 billion in just three months as the war on Iran sent energy prices soaring. The profits made headlines around the world.
Poland has now joined Germany, Italy, Spain, Portugal and Austria in calling for an EU-wide tax on oil companies’ exceptional profits — another sign of growing political momentum behind the call to Make Polluters Pay.