Thank you, Denmark! 🇩🇰 Danske Bank & Danica Pension are divesting from
@TotalEnergies
. Meanwhile, Denmark’s
@pfapension
is facing pressure to divest. Their investment in TotalEnergies means funding new fossil fuels like EACOP.
#StopEACOP
!
.
@TotalEnergies
shareholders must know that we oppose their climate strategy, which relies on:
💀 Expanding oil and gas projects
🤑 Generating superprofits that perpetuate climate and social injustice.
We demand a shift towards sustainable alternatives
#StopEACOP
#BlocageTotal
260+ groups in the
#StopEACOP
coalition and
@fridaysforfuture
demand that the French government put a stop to EACOP.
And that banks stop funding this destructive project.
#StopEACOP
Shameful that Uganda is arresting and jailing students for peacefully protesting the controversial
#EACOP
. Silencing dissent jeopardizes human rights and democracy. We demand all charges be dropped and students freed immediately.
#StopEACOP
!
Another win! 🌟🎉
@smbc_midosuke
distances itself from
#EACOP
! We urge
@StandardBankZA
and the Industrial Commercial Bank of China to follow suit and disconnect from this controversial pipeline for people, the planet and the climate!
#StopEACOP
🌍✊
Last week we left the comfort of our homes and travelled to the lion's den. We were at
@totalenergies
headquarters with a simple message:
Proceeding with EACOP is a crime against People, Nature & Climate
#StopEACOP
Four Ugandan climate activists came to Europe to call out
@TotalEnergies
' latest climate-destroying project - The East African Crude Oil Pipeline - and the devastating impact it'll have on their communities.
Share this video to help
#StopEACOP
in its tracks 🔥🔥🔥
📣 Urgent solidarity with Kampala protesters! 4 activists, including women, arrested & detained. We condemn these arrests & demand their immediate release. We repeat, opposing
#EACOP
and demanding meaningful involvement or pushing for alternatives is not a crime!
#StopEACOP
!
JUST IN
The European Parliament officially recognizes that the EACOP project has resulted in serious human rights violations in Uganda and Tanzania.
JUSTICE
#StopEACOP
Read more below:
Yesterday our 9 brothers in Uganda were arrested for exercising their constitutional right to a peaceful protest against the East African Crude Oil Pipeline.
Sign the petition to demand their immediate release.
#BringBackOurPeople
📷
@nilepostnews
UNFUNDABLE PIPELINE
4 more Banks and 5 Insurers have confirmed they will be staying away from the East African Crude Oil Pipeline.
We now have 24 Banks and 18 Insurers staying away.
JUSTICE IS COMING
A Thread
#StopEACOP
OUR HEROES
We celebrate our Kampala 9 heroes (students) who spent almost a week in jail after standing for their rights and the next generation's right to protect its People, Nature and Climate.
The 100+ citizens of 🇺🇬& 🇹🇿 thank you for your bravery and courage.
#StopEACOP
🚨📢 People chanting
#StopEACOP
while blocking Total's AGM
We decided to have our People's AGM outside Total's venue as they were planning to continue impressing their shareholders and getting approvals for more dirty fossil fuel investments.
THE PEOPLE HAVE WON
Today we managed to get our Kampala 9 heroes out on bail. They have been in custody for 6 days.
Thank you all that pushed to ensure we secure their freedom.
The struggle continues
#StopEACOP
Yesterday our 9 brothers in Uganda were arrested for exercising their constitutional right to a peaceful protest against the East African Crude Oil Pipeline.
Sign the petition to demand their immediate release.
#BringBackOurPeople
📷
@nilepostnews
It is shameful that students were arrested for a peaceful protest against the EACOP pipeline. This suppression of dissent betrays the shakiness of the project's merits. Release these youth immediately - their voices deserve to be heard, not silenced. This is no crime.
#StopEACOP
!
In case you missed it, our Coordinator,
@ZakiMamdoo
confronted
@TotalEnergies
' CEO about the unjust arrest of seven students in Uganda. Following this, he confirmed they would issue a statement today calling for their release.
#StopEACOP
!
WE CAN'T DRINK OIL
Today we are at the COP26 premises with a very clear message:
"Prioritise the needs of the majority & not the needs of greedy fossil fuel companies."
It's time to
#StopEACOP
,
#StopCAMBO
& all other dirty fossil fuels.
No More Oil, No More Gas
Africans lead by the Don't Gas Africa & Extinction Rebellion South Africa are camping at the Africa Energy Week in Cape Town.
Our message is clear, promote real people centred energy solutions and not exploitative fossil fuels to appease corporations.
WE ARE GOING GLOBAL
Thank you, Japan, for standing in solidarity with our brothers and sisters from Uganda and Tanzania on EACOP.
Humanity will always trample Corporate Greed and Profits.
#StopEACOP
🕊️ Africa can't be silenced anymore! We must be involved meaningfully. Our leaders at
#ACS23
must not bow to outside pressure for false solutions. We march for climate action, energy access, and a brighter future. 🌞
#EndFossilFuels
#Fastfairforever
#StopEACOP
!
The only thing
#TrulyUgandan
about the EACOP and oil in Uganda will be the environmental, social, livelihood, climate, and economic impacts to be faced by Ugandans.
All the profits will go to Total Energies and CNOOC.
#StopEACOP
THE PEOPLE HAVE WON
Finally, our 6 colleagues have been released after spending more than 72 hours in police custody.
Thank you all for standing with us!!!
#StopEACOP
Activist
@BarigyeBob1
is yet to be released two days after being arrested for organising a debate on the environmental, human rights and economic impact of the controversial
#EACOP
. We demand his immediate release! See press statement ~>
AMAZING NEWS
3 More (re) insurers distance themselves from the East African Crude Oil Pipeline
Argo Group, Axis Capital & RSA Insurance Ltd are the latest to close their doors on EACOP
Now 11 re(insurers), 20 Banks & 4 export credit agencies have opted out of EACOP
#StopEACOP
THE
#StopEACOP
WAVE
You cannot stop an idea whose time has arrived, just like you cannot stop the delivery of a pregnancy whose time is due.
Today, our sisters were on the frontline at Total's office in Kampala, demanding to
#StopEACOP
PEOPLE POWER!!
📣 Major win! Standard Chartered refuses to finance the $5 billion controversial
#EACOP
project🛢️, a victory for impacted communities and the environment 🌍. Read our press release.
#StopEACOP
!
.
@TotalEnergies
will be announcing its full-year earnings today. They will be happy to talk about profits while poor communities in Uganda & Tanzania continue suffering from the controversial
#EACOP
. Join us for a
#TwitterStorm
at 11am EAT to call out this greed!
#StopEACOP
!
Dear
@TotalEnergies
,
Do you know the 1,445 km EACOP pipeline & oil fields you are sponsoring will:
1. Shatter 100s of thousands of people's lives,
2. Endanger thousands of wildlife & biodiversity,
3. Inject more than 34 million tonnes of CO2/year.
#StopEACOP
#PeopleNotProfit
IT GETS BETTER
.
@TotalEnergies
President
@PPouyanne
has been invited to the EU parliament on the 10th of October to shed more light on the human rights violations and other questions regarding Total's oil projects in Uganda.
JUSTICE is coming
#StopEACOP
#COP27
TotalEnergies is benefiting from climate destruction and we are all paying the price.
Shareholders like Amundi, BNP Paribas, Crédit Mutuel, Banque Postale and the insurer Axa need to stop being complicit to this crime.
Here is why:
A THREAD
#StopEACOP
#StopTotal
#OOTT
🛑
🚨 TotalEnergies starts drilling 🛢️ in Uganda's Murchison Falls Nat'l Park, risking 🦁🦒🦓 & tourism. Park generated over USD 1 billion in revenue in 2022 alone & now in danger 😢. Wildlife & fishing at risk 🐠🌊.
#StopEACOP
!
#ProtectMurchisonFalls
📰💪🏾📢MORE GOOD NEWS!
@Allianz
becomes the 7th Insurer to REJECT the East African Crude Oil Pipeline.
Insurers like
@LloydsofLondon
must not be accomplices to climate-wrecking fossil fuel projects like EACOP.
#StopEACOP
There are no neutrals when it comes to the climate fight.
You are either for climate action or a fossil fuel sympathizer.
Choose wisely, your existence depends on it. Literally.
#StopEACOP
OUR MESSAGE TO BANKS
Banks need to be responsible for what they finance, and they need to finance the future, not devastation, under the guise of the Crude oil pipeline
Improve Uganda and Ugandans lives, not Oil Barons
.
@eve_chantel
speaks
#StopEACOP
Update on Stephen Kwikiriza - a thread 🧵
1/ Stephen was found abandoned by the roadside in Kyenyoyo on Sunday around 8:30 pm, 5 hours from Kampala. He was severely beaten & in bad condition.
Where is Stephen Kwikiriza?
It has been five days since Stephen was abducted and held incommunicado.
Stephen's abduction is connected to his criticism of Kingfisher's EACOP-associated oil field. In this video snippet, Stephen asks what the citizens of Uganda have done to face
Standard Bank South Africa is one of the 3 financial advisers of the East African Crude Oil Pipeline
Colleagues from Extinction Rebellion called out this dreadful project that will affect People, Nature & the Climate
#StopEACOP
📷 Julia Evans
Kudos to activists in London protesting
#EACOP
! Your solidarity inspires hope. If only more citizens globally took a cue from you, the oil industry wouldn't get away with profiting off the pain of African communities. We applaud your stand against exploitation.
#StopEACOP
!
BIG NEWS✊🏽📢
Standard Bank and Global PR firm (Edelman) part ways amid tensions of oil project [EACOP]
This is a big statement that financial institutions should finance the just energy transition & not climate bombs.
#PeopleOverProfits
#StopEACOP
As Uganda celebrates 60 years of independence, 9 brave citizens are still in jail for exercising their constitutional right to peacefully make a statement on a public interest matter, the East African Crude Oil Pipeline
They should be commended not punished
#BringBackOurPeople
Yesterday our 9 brothers in Uganda were arrested for exercising their constitutional right to a peaceful protest against the East African Crude Oil Pipeline.
Sign the petition to demand their immediate release.
#BringBackOurPeople
📷
@nilepostnews
"Total's record-breaking profits come at a steep cost: environmental devastation, human rights abuses, and climate chaos," said Stop EACOP. "It's time to hold them accountable for their insatiable pursuit of wealth!"
#StopEACOP
!
FACT
Total Energies and China National Offshore Oil Company (CNOOC) Jointly own 70% of the EACOP.
Doesn't sound like Ugandan oil to Us!
#UgandaOilFID
#StopEACOP
EACOP will be passing through 2 countries (Uganda and Tanzania).
Our colleagues in Tanzania requested for us to make our campaign resources available in Swahili, and we have listened.
Interact with our website in Swahili and share feedback.
#StopEACOP
🎬MOVIE OF THE YEAR🎞️📽️
EACOP: A Crude Reality
This AMAZING documentary covers grassroots project-affected people, experts, and climate campaigners.
Swahili, English, French, and Japanese subtitles are available.
#StopEACOP
WE ARE TRENDING
When the ignorant get knowledge, the oppressors are in trouble.
Ugandans are calling for
#StopEACOP
.
Stopping EACOP is like a pregnancy which has reached its term, we have no option but to deliver it.
Speak up!
At least 33 activists protesting outside the Chinese Embassy in Uganda, have been arrested. The situation is still developing, and we'll provide more information as we get it. We urge the global community to join us in demanding their immediate and unconditional release.
We are deeply saddened to learn of the abduction of Stephen Kwikiriza by the UPDF. The Ugandan authorities must conduct a comprehensive investigation and guarantee Stephen's safe return. See the press statement below and RT widely!
#StopEACOP
!
Our coordinator
@ZakiMamdoo
sends a solidarity message from
#COP28
: As the world comes to Dubai to push fossil fuel phase-outs,
#Uganda
jails students for the same. We call on the international community to join us in calling the authorities to release the students.
#StopEACOP
!
Five more major (re)insurance companies have officially ruled out involvement in the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) project, joining 23 others who've done the same.
#StopEACOP
!
Seven Ugandan students were thrown behind bars for urging their government to
#StopEACOP
. Their crime? Peaceful climate activism. We condemn this weaponization of courts to silence dissent.
#FreeTheStudents
now!
#StopEACOP
UNINSURABLE PIPELINE
World Bank client and East Africa's leading insurer Britam is the next insurance company to stay away from EACOP.
The project appears doesn't adhere to IFC standards that proponents have claimed to uphold.
#StopEACOP
Ugandan and Swedish youth have petitioned the Swedish govt to implement the EU Parliament's resolution on Uganda's Lake Albert oil development project. The resolution recognized violations of human rights and the risks posed by the project to Uganda's major economic activities.
"The pipeline would traverse sensitive ecosystems, including wildlife reserves and wetlands, and has already displaced local communities, leaving them vulnerable to harm and with little to no compensation."
#StopEACOP
!
A quick update: The hearing on the Ugandan student activists was adjourned this morning and the students were sent to jail again until the 19th of December because the magistrate was absent. They remain imprisoned for petitioning Parliament to
#StopEACOP
!
We marched from Nyayo Stadium to the Green Park Terminus to clarify that
#ClimateJustice
requires
#systemchange
. No more business-as-usual exploitation - we demand radical solutions centred on human rights & equity. See below a thread summarising part of our declaration.
The
#StopEACOP
campaign is organizing a global action tomorrow, 26th June, to call China to withdraw financial support for the EACOP. The day of action will involve peaceful protests outside Chinese embassies and consulates in various cities in Africa, Europe & USA
📢 Our South African comrades are protesting peacefully during this Standard Bank AGM! 🌍They're standing in solidarity with communities in Uganda and Tanzania. We're kicking off a Twitter storm to raise awareness about these actions and ask
@StandardBankZA
to show leadership!
We'll be outside the
@StandardBankZA
AGM to make our voices heard alongside those of EACOP-affected communities & all those impacted by the careless profiteering which underpins SB's destructive investments. Join us in demanding the bank
#DropEACOP
& all projects like it. ✊✊✊
In solidarity with the nine brave students arrested last year for peacefully protesting against
#EACOP
. Your courage in standing up for what you believe in inspires us all. It's disheartening to hear about the adjournment of your case due to the magistrate's absence. Stay strong!
"TotalEnergies is truly heartless in its relentless profiteering on the African continent. The firm’s ever-growing profit margins are generated at the expense of our communities, the natural world, and an exploited African workforce."
#StopEACOP
The activists too, including our comrade,
@ZakiMamdoo
found themselves violently confronted by the security. All they wanted was for someone from management to come down to engage them and address their demands, but they got violence instead. Shameful
@StandardBankZA
!
#StopEACOP
!
🚨
#EACOP
pipeline poses a grave threat to Uganda's wetlands!
@AfiegoUg
just released a factsheet by an independent expert revealing shocking stats: 158 wetland sections at risk! 😨 The pipeline cuts through wetlands in ten districts! 😡
#StopEACOP
#ProtectWetlands
🌍💔
It's unacceptable that oil companies are raking in massive profits while communities whose lives are altered by their oil pipelines are struggling. Priorities need to be shifted towards sustainability and justice!
#StopEACOP
#OilKills
COP 27 UPDATES
Colleagues speaking about the dash for fossil gas in Africa and the myriad problems it brings to the African continent.
What we need are real solution not to further corporate greed and profits.
#DontGasAfrica
#StopEACOP
🚨 New: 500 students & recent graduates pledge not to work for
@LloydsofLondon
& companies insuring climate-wrecking projects EACOP & Rosebank. To attract new talent, you better stop insuring fossil fuels. 💔🌍
#StopEACOP
#StopRosebank
#InsureOurFuture
Seriously?
The 34 million tons of CO2 from EACOP oil are equivalent to 11 million Paris to Sydney flights.
And guess what? You are responsible for 60% of it.
#StopEACOP
#OOTT
#StopTotal
In Dubai, we’re supporting one company’s
#energytransition
. The result so far is: 2,300 tons of CO₂ avoided per year, equivalent to 729 Paris to Sydney flights. Here’s the low-down👇
Deeply moved by faith leaders at
#ACS2023
in uniting to call for justice! Your moral voice demands urgent climate action now. People of faith worldwide stand in solidarity with you to care for our common home and vulnerable communities.
#StopEACOP
! Video via
@LSM_Africa
While positioning themselves as anti-Western imperialism,
#BRICS
cannot ignore the irony of their support for destructive fossil fuel projects. Let's hold them accountable for their actions and demand a shift towards sustainable and just solutions.
#BRICSProtest
#StopEACOP
!
"..human rights and environmental groups based in Uganda, Tanzania and the United States filed a formal complaint alleging that Marsh was violating the OECD’s corporate social responsibility guidelines by acting as an insurance broker for EACOP."
“The Ugandan oil projects are failing to attract international financing because these financial institutions know that the projects are not economically viable now that the world is moving away from fossil fuels to green energy.”
#StopEACOP
!
🔍 Dear
@StandardBankZA
, enough is enough! Three years of due diligence without progress? It's time to show some backbone and prioritize ethics over profit. Don't let
#ICBC
call the shots. Believe the stories from the frontline communities and
#StopEACOP
Just this week, 5 more banks & 1 insurer confirmed they wouldn't take part in TotalEnergies' controversial EACOP project. It's now 20 Banks & 8 insurers ditching EACOP
The list of banks rejecting EACOP includes 7 of Total’s 10 largest lenders.
#StopEACOP
Over the weekend, communities from the diaspora congregated in NYC to lend their support towards stopping
#EACOP
. The event was a resounding success and reflects on organizers and communities based out of Uganda, Tanzania & DRC who continue to keep up with the momentum
#StopEACOP
🚨Legal battle reignites! 26 affected community members👥 and 5 CSOs -
@AfiegoUg
,
@amisdelaterre
, NAPE/Friends of the Earth Uganda, Survie, and TASHA Research Institute - take on
@TotalEnergies
. Seeking justice for human rights violations in Tilenga & EACOP projects since 2017!
Absolutely unbelievable! Uganda sued 42 families displaced for TotalEnergies' Tilenga oil project. Now, they're bulldozing through land disputes & evicting families BEFORE resolving issues. This is NOT development, it's injustice!
#StopTilengaEvictions
#StopEACOP
! A thread 🧵1/3
🚨1/2 People from Buliisa district whose land is being compulsorily acquired for the Tilenga project participated in a press conference in Kampala today. Their call:
@TotalEnergiesUG
&
@GovUganda
should desist from using courts & demolishing their houses without compensation.
📢42 CSOs & EACOP-affected individuals demand Barclays Bank retract the research paper containing falsehoods about the project. The report fails to acknowledge financial distress & violation of Article 26 of Uganda's 1995 Constitution
🎯📢ANOTHER WIN
Top Dutch Asset Manager,
@ACTIAM
, drops TotalEnergies over the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP).
ACTIAM pulled all investments from TotalEnergies & placed the company on an exclusion list over concerns about its controversial EACOP project.
#StopEACOP
"There is no future in the fossil fuel industry, and we cannot drink oil. We demand Total to rise up for the people and the planet"
@vanessa_vash
, founder
@Riseupmovt
#StopEACOP
We're on day 4 of the
#InsureOurFuture
global week of action. Our Campaign Coordinator,
@ZakiMamdoo
, shares horrifying human rights abuses tied to
#EACOP
. Dear SINOSURE and China Re show the world good leadership at this time and cut ties with destructive projects.
#StopEACOP
Huge thanks to everyone around the world this week speaking out against
@Total
’s reckless plans to build the East African Crude Oil Pipeline – displacing communities, endangering wildlife & fuelling climate change. Together we WILL
#StopEACOP
🌍✊🏾✊🏿✊🏽✊🏻🌍
Shell's $40B profits may be record-breaking, but the 11K Nigerians suing for pollution and lost livelihoods tell a different story. Communities can't trust the oil industry to prioritize their well-being over profits.
#StopEACOP
[Screen capture from
@thecontinent_
issue 114]
In a powerful show of solidarity, almost 700 activists are currently mobilized to block the AGM of
@TotalEnergies
. Together, we stand united in the
#BlocageTotal
to oppose their climate strategy, which relies on: 💀 Expanding oil and gas projects 🤑superprofits
#StopEACOP
!
“We are worried about the high pollution risk that the Tilenga and EACOP projects pose to Ramsar wetlands in Uganda, Tanzania, and the DRC,”
#StopEACOP
“We want to congratulate Probitas on choosing not to insure the East African Crude Oil Pipeline. This pipeline, if it goes ahead, will devastate local habitats, and create highly dangerous levels of carbon pollution...”
#StopEACOP
!
#ExtinctionRebellion
#XR
32,000+ people MATCHED for climate last weekend in Paris, France. The EACOP project featured prominently among the protestors.
Opinion leaders & politicians in France are also calling for a boycott of Total over its stay in Ukraine & human rights violations in Uganda
#StopEACOP
The students arrested for protesting
#EACOP
are an inspiration to us all. They are standing up for their right to a healthy environment and a sustainable future. We must continue to fight for their release and for the cancellation of this destructive pipeline.
#StopEACOP
📢 Big News! 🌍 Japan's Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) 🏦 distances itself from financing the controversial
#EACOP
joining a growing list of banks that are dropping this project. Let's keep pushing until the likes of
@StandardBankZA
act!
A new report argues that the
#EACOP
project's climate impacts could be greater than previously estimated and urges financial institutions to consider the full range of environmental, human rights, and climate risks associated with the project.
#StopEACOP
!
Let
@Total
&
@StandardBankZA
’s shareholders know that we’re not going anywhere – together we WILL stop the East African Crude Oil Pipeline! For people, for nature, for climate ❤️🌍✊🏽✊🏿✊🏼🌍❤️ Add your own pic to the
#StopEACOP
selfie wall here