John,

Last month, things got icy at the Ministry of Economy in Paris. We delivered more than 200,000 SumOfUs members’ signatures demanding that the French government drops its financial support to Total's devastating new gas megaproject in the Arctic.

Photo credit : Anna Kurth / Reporterre 

TV and radio crews followed us and our partners from Les Amis de la Terre and 350. We installed a massive ice sculpture in front of the Ministry. It spelled €700,000,000 to represent the guarantee that the French State could grant Total for its destructive project.

Campaigners behind the stunt (from left to right):
Anna-Lena Rebaud (Friends of the Earth), Clémence Dubois (350) et Leyla Larbi (SumOfUs)

Delivery of your signatures to Nicolas Dufaud, Chief of Staff of the Ministry of Economy and Finance

For hours, the ice blocks melted, just like the Arctic ice pack. After a while, they disappeared completely, like public money might vanish in Total's deep pockets.

John, your mobilization shed light on this secretive project. You put pressure on the French government which now faces harsh criticism.

The stunt was covered by many: on the radio, in newspapers, on tv and on social networks

John, we must keep pressuring Macron! And we need your help to obtain a firm and definitive NO from the French government. Can you make a monthly donation to strengthen our campaign and put an end to public funding of oil and gas projects?

Your message is clear as ice: public money must no longer be used to fund projects that destroy our future, pushing us even further into the abyss of the climate crisis! Now, let’s ensure that the French government walks the talk.

You can do these two things to strengthen the mobilization against Total’s gas megaproject:

• Share the video of our campaign and icy stunt on social media 
• Become a monthly donor to support our campaigns against the funding of coal, oil and gas projects by public institutions.