REACTION: BP profits as people in the UK and Global South foot the bill for climate breakdown

Date: 31 October 2023
Campaigns: Climate

Commenting on BP’s Q3 profits announced today,

Dorothy Guerrero, head of policy and advocacy at Global Justice Now said:

“Every quarter like clockwork come the headlines detailing the billions in profits from oil and gas companies, money so massive in scale it’s hard to even comprehend. These figures are in part a reflection of our government’s staggering ineptitude and failure to meaningfully take action on the climate crisis – leaving ordinary people in the UK and communities in the Global South most affected by climate catastrophe footing the bill as our own rise higher. Just this week we’ve seen BP handed yet more oil and gas exploration licenses after our government gave the green light to fresh drilling in the North Sea. How many more climate catastrophes do we need to see before the UK Government finally makes polluters pay the loss and damage they owe?”