#StopEACOP

Global Week of Action against EACOP

All over the world, resistance to the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) is growing. This week we’re raising the pressure on financial and political backers of EACOP, from Africa to the United States to Japan. Join the action.👇

The story

French oil giant Total and the China National Offshore Oil Corporation are building the world’s longest, heated, crude oil pipeline – right through the heart of Africa.

This pipeline will devastate communities in Uganda and Tanzania and tip the world closer to climate disaster.

This year, the UN climate talks – COP27 – will take place in Africa. Now is the perfect time to show world leaders the fight communities in East Africa are leading against this pipeline and for the climate.

To do that, we’re highlighting the resistance with a week of action – taking you around the globe to #StopEACOP.

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Sign up: Week of Action to Stop EACOP

People around the world are uniting in resistance to Total’s climate-wrecking East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP).

New backers are ready to support this devastating pipeline, despite opposition from local communities in Uganda and Tanzania. If we can show the global scale of resistance and solidarity with the fight against EACOP – we have a chance to stop it. 

Sign-up to take one quick online action a day for a week to #StopEACOP. Join the week of action now. 

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We’re throwing the weight of our global climate movement behind the fight to stop EACOP for a good reason. 

If built, EACOP will be the longest heated crude oil pipeline in the world. It will transport hundreds of thousands of barrels of oil a day from Uganda to the port of Tanga in Tanzania.

Total’s pipeline is a symbol of everything that is wrong with our broken energy system. It is displacing communities, threatening food and water supplies, and endangering wildlife. It will also pump millions of tons of CO2 pollution into our air, and put all our futures at risk.

In just a couple of weeks, the annual UN climate conference (COP27) will open in Egypt. World leaders and media will turn their attention to the climate crisis, after a year of devastating floods, droughts, and heatwaves.

It’s our chance to uplift the tireless local resistance to EACOP in Uganda and Tanzania. And a key moment to throw a global spotlight on EACOP and call on banks and insurers to pull their support.

When you sign up, for seven days (starting on Monday, 24 October) you’ll join thousands of others on a round-the-world tour of anti-EACOP resistance. 

We’ll send you one action to take per day. You’ll have the option to choose to get your daily prompt via email, or on Whatsapp or Signal straight to your phone. 

The international EACOP resistance is growing in power. Loudly, we’re calling for a clean, fair, safe, and 100% renewable future for all.

Help build this massive global movement against one of the world’s worst fossil fuel projects.

Make sure you sign-up for the Global Week of Action to Stop EACOP now.

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Who is resisting EACOP?

For years, local groups and communities from East Africa have been resisting EACOP and calling for alternatives to fossil fuels – often at great risk to themselves.

Despite the dangers, they continue to oppose the pipeline and have assembled an alliance of African and international organizations to help amplify their message and bring new allies – like you – to the StopEACOP campaign.

Why StopEACOP?

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FOR PEOPLE

If completed, the pipeline will displace 100,000 people from their land and threaten the water 40 million people depend on. This pipeline is already having frightening impacts on human rights in the region.

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FOR NATURE

The pipeline will slice through some of the most ecologically diverse and wildlife-rich places – including Murchison Falls National Park which is home to some of the largest populations of elephants, giraffes, lions, and leopards.

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FOR CLIMATE

The latest UN climate report says we cannot build any new oil and gas projects if we hope to keep global heating within 1.5 degrees. Governments should listen to local people – and honor their calls for clean, fair, safe, and 100% renewable energy.

Global Week of Action against EACOP

We’re throwing the weight of our global climate movement behind the fight to stop EACOP for a good reason. This pipeline is a symbol of everything that is wrong with our broken energy system.

Here’s how the week of action works:

  1. When you sign up, for seven days (starting on Monday, 24 October) you’ll join thousands of others on a round-the-world tour of anti-EACOP resistance.
  2. We’ll send you one online action to take per day – a mixture of petitions, letters, and opportunities to get more involved in the campaign.
  3. You’ll have the option to choose to get your daily prompt via email, or on WhatsApp or Signal straight to your phone.
  4. You get to be part of an international resistance taking on one of the world’s worst fossil fuel projects.

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