CAPPA, Corporate Accountability launch storytelling platform for climate justice

Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) and the United States-based Corporate Accountability (CA) on Monday unveiled the Africa Make Big Polluters Pay (MBBP) Storytelling Platform, where African communities at the frontlines of climate change and extractive industry devastation can share their stories and experiences in the pursuit of climate justice.

The MBBP Storytelling Platform will illuminate the devastating impacts of transnational corporations’ extractive activities, debunk false solutions, and champion real and sustainable alternatives in Africa.

Modelled after a virtual fireplace, the website is a monthly digital gathering where regional MBPP partners and frontline communities meet to share their experiences, breathing life into the struggles for climate justice, humanising the issues and inspiring others to join the cause.

Visitors to the website will meet the people at the heart of the climate crisis as they share their stories of resilience, resistance and hope in the face of environmental challenges caused by corporate exploitation.

Akinbode Oluwafemi, Executive Director of CAPPA, said: ‘‘ In light of the global politics that have characterised agitations for climate justice in the Global South, a platform like this is necessary to provide clear evidence and strengthen demands for reparative compensation that addresses the full scope of economic and non-economic losses suffered by frontline communities.”

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