De l’Amazonie à Belém : la lutte pour la justice climatique doit mettre fin à l’impunité des multinationales

An opinion piece by Pablo Fajardo detailing the environmental crimes of Chevron in Ecuador and calling for a systemic overhaul of international legal frameworks, such as ISDS, to ensure corporate accountability as a prerequisite for global climate action.

• Chevron caused extensive environmental damage in the Ecuadorian Amazon over nearly four decades, including the intentional discharge of over 60 billion litres of toxic waste into rivers and the creation of 880 open pits of poison across 480 hectares of rainforest.
• Despite an Ecuadorian court order for Chevron to pay $9.5 billion in reparations, the company has avoided payment through global campaigns and the use of international arbitration tribunals to block the judgment's execution.
• The 'Investor-State Dispute Settlement' (ISDS/RDIE) mechanisms are identified as tools used by transnational corporations to intimidate governments and bypass environmental regulations and human rights obligations to protect profits.
• Climate collapse is exacerbating the impact of corporate pollution in the Ecuadorian Amazon; for example, a severe drought in 2024 led to dried-up rivers and forced populations to drink water contaminated by oil and mining waste.

APA

Fajardo, P. (2025). De l’Amazonie à Belém : la lutte pour la justice climatique doit mettre fin à l’impunité des multinationales. Friends of the Earth International. https://www.foei.org/fr/limpunite-des-multinationales-et-la-justice-climatique/

Chicago

Fajardo, Pablo. De l’Amazonie à Belém : la lutte pour la justice climatique doit mettre fin à l’impunité des multinationales. Friends of the Earth International, 2025. https://www.foei.org/fr/limpunite-des-multinationales-et-la-justice-climatique/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{fajardo2025lamazonie, author = {Fajardo, Pablo}, title = {{De l’Amazonie à Belém : la lutte pour la justice climatique doit mettre fin à l’impunité des multinationales}}, publisher = {Friends of the Earth International}, year = {2025}, month = jul, url = {https://www.foei.org/fr/limpunite-des-multinationales-et-la-justice-climatique/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }