CAPPA makes bold move against big environmental polluters
Published By: Paul Dada
By Paul Dada
The Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa has launched a website aimed at holding the big players in the extractive industry responsible for the pollution they cause in some African communities.
The unveiling was done in association with the United States-based Corporate Accountability (CA).
The website known as Africa Make Big Polluters Pay (MBBP) Storytelling Platform, gives the opportunity to African communities at the frontline of climate change and extractive industry devastation to share their stories and experiences in the pursuit of climate justice.
The MBPP platform according to CAPPA is modelled after a virtual fireplace. It features a monthly digital gathering where regional MBPP partners and frontline communities will meet to share their experiences with the aim of breathing life into the struggles for climate justice, humanizing the issues and inspiring others to join the cause.
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The platform which is domiciled at https://talesofafricasclimate.org/illumin,was earlier in the week unveiled at a virtual conference hosted by CAPPA.
Speaking at the event, Executive Director of CAPPA, Executive Director of CAPPA, Akinbode Oluwafemi, said, “We agreed that the African continent is on the frontlines of the global climate crisis. But the sad story is that many of the frontline community stories are not well articulated. They are not on the frontlines of discourse while they are on the frontlines of climate change, and if we don’t tell our stories, no one will tell them for us.”
CAPPA’s Climate Director and Coordinator for Africa Make Big Polluters Pay speaking, Hellen Neima,on her part, said, “In this modern age, in the spirit of tradition and innovation, the Africa Make Big Polluters Pay coalition has ignited a new kind of fire: a virtual fireplace for storytelling. By sharing these stories, we breathe life into our struggles for climate justice, humanizing the issues we face and inspiring others to join the cause.”
Adding, she said, “For now, we have 14 partners and so many of these regional partners work directly with frontline communities in their different countries, and they’ve had a world of experience working with these them and holding transnational corporations to account. So, these will also be hosted on the storytelling platform to share the experiences.”
