Activists from Fossil Free London have disrupted Shell's annual
general meeting (AGM). Videos show a large group of activists
singing ‘Shell Kills!' to the tune of Dolly Parton's Jolene. Some
removed clothes to reveal t-shirts reading ‘Shell Kills'. Video
footage also shows security guards forcibly removing activists
from the venue.
Activists from Greenpeace joined Fossil Free London and other
environmental groups demonstrating outside the Intercontinental
O2 in Greenwich where Shell is holding its AGM. Activists removed
from inside the AGM joined the demonstrators outside. Shell
is facing its largest shareholder
rebellion in years, with Norway's state investment fund
urging the company to give more information to shareholders about
its climate agenda after CEO Wael Sawan watered downShell's climate
commitments earlier this year.
Maja Darlington, Campaigner at Greenpeace UK,
said: “While people from Brazil to Afghanistan count
the cost of climate catastrophes, Shell's CEO is promising to
expand fossil fuel production for decades to come. Countries who
have contributed the least to the climate crisis are being left
to face its worst effects, but Shell continues banking billions
and using its vast wealth and influence to intimidate anyone who
calls out the injustice it is perpetuating.
“Since taking over a year ago, Sawan has slashed Shell's
already weak climate targets - and even some of the company's
biggest shareholders are unsettled by his approach. The world
can't wait for fossil fuel giants like Shell to reform
themselves. We need concerted global action to force the industry
to stop drilling and start paying for the damage it is already
causing around the world.”
Joanna Warrington, a spokeswoman for Fossil Free London,
said: "We peeled back these suits today to reveal
the truth: Shell's senseless oil and gas expansion is nothing
short of murder on a mass scale. Behind this AGM and this board
are human lives being trampled, from the Niger Delta, to all
those babies born this year who will grow up in a dangerously
overheating world hurtling towards collapse."
