{"id":30659,"date":"2015-11-08T02:51:38","date_gmt":"2015-11-07T15:51:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nofibs.com.au\/?p=30659"},"modified":"2019-04-16T13:31:19","modified_gmt":"2019-04-16T03:31:19","slug":"french-oil-giant-total-accused-of-climate-crimes-against-humanity-reports-takvera-cop21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.nofibs.com.au\/french-oil-giant-total-accused-of-climate-crimes-against-humanity-reports-takvera-cop21\/","title":{"rendered":"French Oil giant Total accused of #climate crimes against humanity reports @takvera #COP21"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nParis: Climate activists this morning targeted the head office of French petroleum firm Total and accused them of crimes against humanity due to greenhouse gases destroying the climate. The CEO of Total, Mr Patrick Pouyann\u00e9, was cited in a convocation of ‘criminal’ climate practices of his company.<\/p>\n

The protest action was organised by Action Non Violent COP21 (@anvcop21<\/a>) with 112 activists transforming the square outside of Total’s headquarters in La D\u00e9fense (Hauts-de-Seine) of Paris into a Crime Scene.
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Activists gathered on subway platforms of the Metro before converging at the square at one time, to try and avoid early detection by police. <\/p>\n

Le Monde reported<\/a> about twenty policemen were around the entrance of the Total headquarters who looked on as the protest was peacefully played out, but activists alledge that five police vans and dozens of CRS (riot police) had been positioned to prevent them from approaching the building. <\/p>\n

The protestors set up yellow neon crime scene tape, unfurled banners in English and French, and lay on the ground while silhouttes were made of the bodies with chalk.<\/p>\n

A notice was left in place for the attention of Mr Patrick Pouyann\u00e9, CEO of Total for him to hear the criminal practices of his company. <\/p>\n

The statement by the activists<\/a> denounced the harmful role of business in climate change with Total being the 5th largest oil and gas company in the world. They alledge that Total contributes massively to climate change by harnessing the most polluting sources of energy on the planet, violating human rights and curbing energy transition. <\/p>\n

Total is notably one of the 90 global companies that have issued most greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Recent research by Heede (2014) has shown that individual investor or state owned corporations like Total are responsible for a substantial majority of greenhouse gas pollution causing climate change. Heede’s landmark paper was on Tracing anthropogenic carbon dioxide and methane emissions to fossil fuel and cement producers, 1854-2010<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n

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Total France was identified by Heede (2014) as number 13 in the top twenty investor and state-owned entities responsible for CO2 & CH4 emissions. In 2010 Total emitted 398 MtCO2e. The cumulative quantity of carbon pollution from 1854\u20132010 was 11,911 MtCO2e.This amounts to 0.82 per cent of total global cumulative emissions, more than many countries have emitted.<\/p>\n

Another study by Peter C. Frumhoff, Richard Heede and Naomi Oreskes – argue that these 90 companies should carry a significant responsibility for climate change. Their Essay is titled The climate responsibilities of industrial carbon producers<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n

At the protest the activists highlighted in particular a number of practices of Total in destroying the climate: <\/p>\n