--- title: Polluters broke it, we're paying for it description: Sign the pact, record your story. Join the global movement to make polluters pay. image: https://pages.greenpeaceafrica.org/hubfs/Screenshot%202025-04-14%20at%2010.44.51.png --- ![Greenpeace](https://pages.greenpeaceafrica.org/hubfs/raw_assets/public/greenpeace_p4_theme/assets/gp-logo.svg) En [Fr](https://pages.greenpeaceafrica.org/fr/faites-payer-les-pollueurs) ![Polluters Pay](https://pages.greenpeaceafrica.org/hubfs/raw_assets/public/C6/img/polluters-pay.png) ### Make polluters pay Extreme weather events are causing widespread destruction and financial hardship. Yet the biggest polluters continue to profit while ordinary people bear the brunt of the costs. It’s time to hold them accountable and demand they pay for the damage they’ve caused. #### Complete your signature ##### To: African leaders and governments worldwide Make oil, coal and gas corporations pay their fair share for the damages they cause. Introduce new taxes or fines on them to help communities at home and around the world rebuild from climate disasters and invest in climate solutions. #### Complete your signature ##### To: African leaders and governments worldwide Make oil, coal and gas corporations pay their fair share for the damages they cause. Introduce new taxes or fines on them to help communities at home and around the world rebuild from climate disasters and invest in climate solutions. Number of Signatures **0** Signatures **10000** Next goal Number of Signatures **0** Signatures **10000** Next goal Enter fullscreen × ## WHO PAYS FOR THE DAMAGE FROM EXTREME WEATHER? If you spill someone’s drink, you buy them another. If you break someone's window, you pay to fix it. However, every time a tornado rips through a community, every time water floods a home or hospital, every time heat waves wreak havoc on our land, health and wellbeing we pay the price. The oil, coal and gas corporations who fueled the extreme weather? They pay NOTHING. Most of us can agree this is deeply unfair, so let’s change it. By making polluters pay, we can: 1. 1. **Protect people’s health:** fund hospitals and emergency services to treat people during climate disasters 2. **Equip first responders:** provide the tools and resources needed to respond to escalating wildfires, tornados, floods and droughts across Africa. 3. **Make homes and infrastructure climate-ready:** upgrade housing, roads, rail and utilities in vulnerable communities across Africa to better withstand the impact of extreme weather. 4. **Provide a financial safety net:** make sure disaster relief and rebuilding efforts are funded so families and communities aren’t left stranded when insurance fails. 5. **Stop making taxpayers pay**: public funds should go to schools, healthcare, and public services - and not to clean up destruction caused by big oil, coal and gas companies. Together, we can create a future where our communities are safe, our infrastructure is resilient, and our healthcare systems are protected.  Join the Polluters Pay Pact - a global movement to make polluters pay - sign now. SUPPORTER MESSAGES Luciano test 125 Luciano one undefined AERRRS Luciano test 10 # Thank you Thank you for joining the growing global demand that governments make oil and gas corporations FINALLY pay for what they’ve broken. ## Help us amplify the cause! We’re asking people to leave messages of support to help us amplify this cause. Will you share a short message? Record a short video Don’t want to add video? Why not write us a short message of support instead. Add your message Skip this step ![Greenpeace](https://pages.greenpeaceafrica.org/hubfs/raw_assets/public/greenpeace_p4_theme/assets/gp-logo.svg) × × #### Complete your signature ##### To: African leaders and governments worldwide Make oil, coal and gas corporations pay their fair share for the damages they cause. Introduce new taxes or fines on them to help communities at home and around the world rebuild from climate disasters and invest in climate solutions. Number of Signatures **0** Signatures **10000** Next goal # SHARE THE PACT We’re asking people to share the Polluters Pay Pact on social media so we can reach our goal. Can you ask people in your network, your friends or family to sign too and to join the global movement? 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