(AmericanProsperity.com) – A United States climate watchdog spoke out about detrimental activities taking place on the shore of Uganda’s Lake Albert and how it’s causing widespread suffering for locals in the area.
A report by Climate Rights International said that insurers and banks shouldn’t fund the oil development project that’s run by China National Offshore Oil Corporation. The project involves constructing a central processing facility in a vast zone of shoreline that many locals won’t be able to access anymore.
This is the first project that has detailed allegations against CNOOC. They conducted many interviews and found that the project forced evictions, gave inadequate compensation, led to coercion and intimidation, and also resulted in sexual violence and a loss of livelihood.
Interviewees accused the Uganda government of forced evictions and destruction of property, as well as violence and “creating a climate of fear.”
The Executive Director at Climate Rights International, Brad Adam’s, said that it was “appalling that a project that is touted as bringing prosperity to the people of Uganda is instead leaving them the victims of violence, intimidation and poverty.”
The project, known as Kingfisher, “is not only a dangerous carbon bomb but also a human rights disaster,” he continued in a statement.
The investment into Uganda’s oil field is expected to reach fifteen billion dollars. TotalEnergies, a French oil company, is a majority shareholder of Uganda’s fields with over a fifty percent stake in the shares.
TotalEnergies has been a target for previous climate watchdogs, and it has faced lawsuits in France at least twice due to issues related to food and land rights.
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