Papua LNG : notre réponse à TotalEnergies

A coalition of NGOs, including Reclaim Finance, asserts that TotalEnergies' response to their complaint about the Papua LNG project is insufficient. They highlight critical gaps in transparency regarding climate risk assessments, human rights impacts, and biodiversity studies. The authors argue that the project risks emitting 220 million tonnes of CO2, threatening endangered species and indigenous rights, while failing to provide clear information to local communities or adhere to the Equator Principles and IFC standards.

• The Papua LNG project, operated by TotalEnergies EP PNG with partners ExxonMobil, Santos, and ENEOS, is estimated to contribute approximately 220 million tonnes of CO2 emissions and affect at least 12,700 people in the Gulf province of Papua New Guinea.
• The project poses significant biodiversity risks, potentially causing irreversible impacts on approximately 100 species unknown to science and at least 27 species threatened with extinction.
• TotalEnergies has failed to provide evidence that indigenous communities were informed of their right to refuse the project or accept it under specific conditions, which is a requirement of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
• The company has not made its Climate Change Risk Assessment (CCRA) or its 2025 Human Rights Impact Assessment (HRIA) public, hindering the ability of affected communities and stakeholders to evaluate the project's impacts.
• TotalEnergies is accused of failing to properly assess cumulative impacts, specifically ignoring the Ihu Special Economic Zone (ZES) and other projects like Pasca A and a floating LNG terminal in the Gulf of Papua.
• There are concerns regarding the displacement of local populations, specifically in the hamlet of Pokore, where 42 residents may not have been consulted despite the proximity of a central processing facility.
• The project lacks a gender-specific impact assessment, despite evidence from the similar PNG LNG project showing increased domestic violence and the emergence of a 'sexual economy'.
• The project's environmental impact statement does not address corruption risks, despite Papua New Guinea being on the Financial Action Task Force grey list and receiving its lowest corruption perception score in ten years from Transparency International.

APA

Bouhey, A. (2026). Papua LNG : notre réponse à TotalEnergies. Reclaim Finance. https://reclaimfinance.org/site/2026/03/16/papua-lng-notre-reponse-a-totalenergies/

Chicago

Bouhey, Antoine. Papua LNG : notre réponse à TotalEnergies. Reclaim Finance, 2026. https://reclaimfinance.org/site/2026/03/16/papua-lng-notre-reponse-a-totalenergies/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{bouhey2026papua, author = {Bouhey, Antoine}, title = {{Papua LNG : notre réponse à TotalEnergies}}, publisher = {Reclaim Finance}, year = {2026}, month = mar, url = {https://reclaimfinance.org/site/2026/03/16/papua-lng-notre-reponse-a-totalenergies/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }