On Wednesday morning, Equinor CEO Anders Opedal had his garden full of Greenpeace campaigners who had put out wreckage from the big flood in Brazil in May. The police confirmed to news earlier that they would not be present unless something special were to happen. The police have been on the scene, but have left again. They are not going to remove the protesters, confirms operations manager in the South West police Thomas Nordvik to news. – The reason why we do not want to do anything is that freedom of expression is strong. Initially, Greenpeace should have applied for permission to demonstrate, but we still choose not to intervene, says Nordvik. He does not rule out that it could be followed up afterwards, by the police opening a case. Opedal believes he has a personal responsibility – We do this to remind him that he has a personal responsibility for Equinor continuing to fuel the climate crisis, which we know leads to more deadly and more intense extreme weather all over the world, says Stine Wilhelmsen, climate and energy advisor at Greenpeace Norway. Stine Wilhelmsen, climate and energy advisor at Greenpeace Norway. Photo: Tom Edvindsen / news – Normally, when you have campaigned, you have probably gone to the company, but now you have changed your focus and are therefore going for Opedal’s garden? – The CEO of Equinor makes decisions every day that have major consequences. He has a personal responsibility for Equinor remaining 99% fossil-based, and for them to open new oil and gas projects worldwide, including in Brazil. Wilhelmsen believes they have tried countless times to arrange a meeting with Opedal. CEO of Equinor, Anders Opedal. Photo: Hallvard Norum / news – But he refuses to take responsibility for the climate destruction he is causing. That is why today we have chosen to go directly to his garden, says Wilhelmsen. – And you are right, that he is simply personally responsible for this? – It is about the climate crisis being personal. We have with us two activists from Brazil who cleaned up after a deadly flood. Who helped support the local population who had lost 183 friends and neighbours. And more than half a million people who had to flee their homes. – So the climate crisis is personal. And that is what we want to show with this action. That Opedal, as chief executive, has a personal responsibility and an ability to change course for Equinor, and he chooses every day not to do that, she says. The police will not be on the scene for the time being. Photo: Thomas Ystrøm / news Climate summit in Baku Yesterday, political leaders from large parts of the world gathered for the UN climate conference in Baku, Azerbaijan. This year’s summit will largely be about arriving at an amount of money, which will be used to pay for, among other things, emission cuts and climate adaptation in poorer countries. Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre (Ap) is not present. According to the website Climate Home News, neither US President Joe Biden, French President Emmanuel Macron, Chinese President Xi Jinping or Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi have said they will come. Published 13.11.2024, at 10.49 Updated 13.11.2024, at 11.28
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