Already more than one million people have raised their voices – together we can #StopEACOP in its tracks and support sustainable and just alternatives driven for and by the people of East Africa.
Here’s how we’re going to do it…
ACT LOCAL
Support the communities on the front line
Local communities, human rights defenders and environmental activists are doing all they can to resist the pipeline, but they are facing increasing pressure and threats for speaking out against the corporate and political interests backing EACOP. We need to support their work and ensure their voices are heard loud and clear.
GO GLOBAL
Stop the flow of money
Building the biggest heated oil pipeline in the world is expensive work. Fortunately Total and CNOOC can’t do it alone – they need support from investors, banks and insurance firms around the world. It’s our job to highlight the risks, crank up the pressure in boardrooms and make sure EACOP is starved of the corporate and political support it needs.
Not only will EACOP devastate communities, endanger wildlife and cook the planet, but it is economically Reckless.
The future of East Africa relies on building sustainable, diversified and inclusive economies – not by letting huge multinational corporations extract resources and keep the profit.
The whole world is waking up to the fact that we need to stop burning fossil fuels and as a result, the price of oil will continue to plummet. Rather than betting its development on a dying industry, we need to recognize that East Africa’s economic strength comes from the region’s biodiversity, heritage and natural landscapes.
Investing in renewable energy, tourism, small-scale agriculture, fishing and reforestation programs will provide far more jobs to local communities, a wider range of economic benefits for East Africa and a cleaner environment which will benefit the whole world.
#STOPEACOP
FOR PEOPLE
EACOP threatens to displace thousands of families and farmers from their land and has already disrupted the livelihoods of many. If allowed to move forward, it would also place at risk vital water sources that millions of people rely upon for drinking and food production.
#STOPEACOP
FOR NATURE
EACOP will rip through some of the world’s most important elephant, lion and chimpanzee nature reserves. There’s also concern that the pipeline will open up more critical ecosystems to even more oil extraction.
#STOPEACOP
FOR CLIMATE
EACOP will fuel climate change by enabling the extraction of oil which will generate over 34 million tons of CO2 emissions every single year. To solve the climate crisis, we must stop building new fossil fuel projects.
Thanks for being part of the Global campaign to #STOPEACOP
You’re in good company
Here’s some of the many community groups and organizations getting
behind the campaign to #StopEACOP and solve the climate crisis.
