Desde la Amazonía hasta Belém: la lucha por la justicia climática requiere acabar con la impunidad de las grandes empresas

The author contends that the climate crisis is driven by unchecked corporate power and a global legal system that protects polluters. Using the case of Chevron in Ecuador—where the company is accused of dumping 60 billion liters of toxic waste and avoiding a $9.5 billion court-ordered cleanup—the text criticizes Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) mechanisms for prioritizing corporate profits over human rights and environmental protection. The author calls for a systemic change and international regulatory frameworks to hold corporations accountable, urging the global climate movement to center the justice of affected communities ahead of COP30.

• Chevron is accused of causing massive environmental devastation in the Ecuadorian Amazon by intentionally dumping over 60 billion liters of toxic waste into rivers and leaving 880 poison wells open across 480 hectares of tropical forest.
• Despite an Ecuadorian court order for Chevron to pay $9.5 billion for cleanup and compensation, the company has used international arbitration and retaliatory lawsuits against indigenous leaders and NGOs to avoid accountability.
• Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) systems are criticized as pro-corporate tools that allow transnational companies to intimidate governments and bypass environmental regulations and human rights obligations behind closed doors.
• Climate collapse is exacerbating the vulnerability of communities in the Ecuadorian Amazon; in 2024, a severe drought forced people to drink water contaminated with oil and mining waste due to the drying of rivers.

APA

Fajardo, P. (2025). Desde la Amazonía hasta Belém: la lucha por la justicia climática requiere acabar con la impunidad de las grandes empresas. Friends of the Earth International. https://www.foei.org/es/la-impunidad-empresarial-y-la-lucha-por-la-justicia-climatica/

Chicago

Fajardo, Pablo. Desde la Amazonía hasta Belém: la lucha por la justicia climática requiere acabar con la impunidad de las grandes empresas. Friends of the Earth International, 2025. https://www.foei.org/es/la-impunidad-empresarial-y-la-lucha-por-la-justicia-climatica/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{fajardo2025desde, author = {Fajardo, Pablo}, title = {{Desde la Amazonía hasta Belém: la lucha por la justicia climática requiere acabar con la impunidad de las grandes empresas}}, publisher = {Friends of the Earth International}, year = {2025}, month = jul, url = {https://www.foei.org/es/la-impunidad-empresarial-y-la-lucha-por-la-justicia-climatica/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }