May 2016: Break Free from Fossil Fuels

A 10,000+ person climate march and rally in Batangas City, demanding the cancellation of the proposed 600-Megawatt coal power plant in Barangay Pinamucan Ibaba.

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Peaceful protesters successfully blockaded and shut down the Riccarton, Christchurch branch of ANZ bank, which has $13.5 billion invested in fossil fuels.

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2,000 people shut down the world's largest coal port for a day. Kayakers blocked the harbour entrance while others blocked a critical rail crossing.

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Thousands of people cheered on a protest against fracking during a concert at Expo Ingá, the main annual rural fair in the state of Paraná.

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At the historic site of Nigeria’s first oil well, demonstrating the environmental and social damage that happens when the oil goes dry and the community is left with the pollution and none of the wealth to clear it up.

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Around 3,000 people rallied in Jakarta to say that coal is not a solution to pollution, and that it's time to move to renewable energy.

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All three ANZ branches in Dunedin were blockaded by people demanding that the bank divests from fossil fuels.

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Community members gathered in Emalahleni to speak out on the effects of climate change in their daily lives, from corruption to food sovereignty, water, energy, and health.

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On Ogoni land, a demonstration of resistance to the power of the oil industry, demanding they keep their oil in the ground where it belongs.

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Hundreds of people disrupted an auction selling off thousands of acres of public land for oil and gas drilling, Seven people held a sit-in blockading the room where the auction was being held, joined by many more in the lobby and outside the building. No protestors were arrested. The auction was delayed and then completed — minus some prospective bidders who were unable to make it inside the building.

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By blockading ANZ's Auckland branch, hundreds of people made it clear that for the sake of the climate, business as usual can not continue. ANZ needs to divest from fossil fuels.

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A Speak out brought together drought-affected communities and farmers from around South Africa. Then people took the streets in a bread march.

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Protest outside the Gupta residence — the Guptas’ “Oakbay Resources Ltd” company symbolises everything that is wrong with the coal industry in South Africa today.

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Acitivists demanded a cleanup of the Niger Delta on the shores of the Atlantic ocean.

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A big rally in the city center, followed by the signature of a bill banning fracking in the city.

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Mobilisation to protect a community defending itself from fracking. We can rise up to defend our health and homes, our atmosphere held in public trust, our children's futures.

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Activists planted trees at the future site of an oil refinery to protest oil drilling in the Yasuni National Park.

Mass convergence and march through downtown Los Angeles, home to the United States’ largest urban oil field.

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Actions on the ground and on the water in Metro-Vancouver and Coast Salish Territories to blockade the Kinder Morgan oil terminal demonstrate that people power and 100% renewable energy are the future.

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Action against the Pecém power plant — as the largest thermal power plant in the Brazil it is a symbol of the federal government’s contradiction of the agreement signed at COP21.

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Activists in Cirebon, West Java dropped banners from machinery unloading coal, bringing the coal terminal to a standstill for hours.

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