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GLOBAL WEEK OF ACTION (KICK POLLUTERS OUT) 2026!

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By Smith Nwokocha

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

20th May 2026

MEDIA ADVISORY

Frontline communities and civil society unite across the globe to demand polluters exit their countries

  • What: “Kick Polluters Out” Global Week of Action: coordinated actions across Africa, Europe and Latin America by CSO groups and communities facing impacts from polluting companies demanding accountability, fix past harm and cease operations
  • When: 23 – 30th May 2026 with key moments on 25th (Africa Day), 28th (Glencore AGM) and 29th (TotalEnergies AGM)
  • Where: Global –London, Paris, Copenhagen, New York, Bogotá,  and over 13 cities in Africa.

Why it matters:

Across Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East, people are suffering under an economic system that prioritizes corporate profits over the well-being of people and the planet. Globally, oil, gas, and mining projects are causing displacement, environmental degradation, conflict, and increasing inequality. While fossil fuel corporations continue to reap billions in profits, ordinary individuals face climate disasters, contaminated water, loss of land, repression, and rising living costs.

The Global Week of Action directly targets the continued expansion of TotalEnergies, Glencore, Shell, and ExxonMobil, which communities and civil society organisations argue exacerbate both the climate crisis and human suffering.

The US-Israel attack on Iran and its continued disruption of the global energy market has underscored the urgency to phase out fossil fuels. Apart from its devastating impact on the Iranian people, it has exposed the overdependence in fossil fuels as governments grapple with energy security and rising cost of living crisis, while corporations make windfall profits.

This week of action will unite protests, community events, creative initiatives, and digital mobilizations across various cities in Africa, Europe and Latin America to highlight the role of polluting corporations and the financial institutions that support them.

The actions will draw attention to the increasing public outrage over fossil fuel expansion as climate impacts worsen globally, and make a case for renewed investment in renewable energy that guarantees energy security, and a truly affordable, accessible and people-focused energy. There is growing global solidarity among communities directly affected by oil, gas and mining projects.

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PRESS RELEASE: COMMUNITIES AND CAMPAIGNERS JOIN GLOBAL FIGHT DEMANDING AIICO, AXA INSURANCE TAKE ACTION ON CLIMATE

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By Smith Nwokocha

GRA Junction, Kilimanjaro Road, Port Harcourt, Rivers State on 29th February, 2024 by 10:00am WAT.

Local campaigners and community members, students, and group from Voice of the Vulnerable are protesting outside AIICO, AXA today, demanding that [AIICO, AXA Insurance take immediate action to slow the climate crisis and support the urgent transition from dangerous fossil fuels to clean energy. 

This action is part of a Global Week of Action organised by the Insure Our Future network, running from 26th Feb – 3rdMarch. Grassroots groups and activists from across the world are coming together to demand action, with events taking place in Nigeria, the UK, USA, Japan, South Korea, Uganda, DRC, Switzerland, France, Peru, Colombia, Germany, and Czechia. Demands to the industry include immediately stopping insuring new fossil fuel projects, phasing out support for existing coal, oil and gas projects, respecting human rights and supporting a just transition.  

2023 was the hottest year since records began, and extreme and violent weather events are increasing across every continent. Burning fossil fuels is the number one cause of the climate crisis, and fossil fuel projects – coal, gas and oil – cannot operate without insurance. This puts the insurance industry in a uniquely powerful position to have an impact on the future of our world. 

We will be converging at GRA Junction by Kilimanjaro through Mummy B Road in the city of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria and we are taking this action, because of the impact of Climate change in our community, we experience blacksoot, suffocating heat, floods and it goes on, our communities deserve clean environment, and we all deserve healthy planet.

Smith Nwokocha, Project Lead, Voice of The Vulnerable and Coordinator Quest For Growth and Development Foundation and I am saying: “The insurance industry is meant to protect communities but instead it is deepening the crisis we face. AIICO, AXA Insurance are guaranteeing a future with more wildfires, floods, droughts and blacksoots if it continues to insure fossil fuels. Insurers have a choice – they can stop insuring dirty, planet-wrecking oil, gas and coal. We ask them to take action now to protect our children’s future, because later is too late.”