Excerpt from rappler.com
MANILA, Philippines – Filipinos from the Visayas islands who suffered the wrath of Typhoon Odette in 2021 are set to sue British oil and gas company Shell before the courts in the United Kingdom for climate damage.
“Napakalaking kumpanya ng Shell para banggain dahil sa pagpapatindi nila sa Super Typhoon Odette. Pero iniisip ko ‘yung kinabukasan ng magiging anak ko. Doon po ako humuhugot ng tapang,” one of the claimants, Trixy Elle, said on Thursday, October 23.
(Shell is such a huge company to fight against over their contribution to exacerbating Super Typhoon Odette. But I’m thinking of my children’s future. That’s where I get courage.)