Greenpeace Protests with "Climate Receipt" in Front of Parliament in Vienna Against OMV

The OMV emissions of the last ten years cause global climate damages worth 102 billion euros, according to Greenpeace's climate receipt. These include costs from natural disasters, sea level rise, extreme weather, as well as in the health and agriculture sectors. Since the Paris Agreement, this has resulted in costs over 30 times higher than Austria's contribution to international climate financing. Greenpeace demands fair taxation of the profits of oil and gas companies and international laws so that the polluters pay.

Greenpeace Demands "Climate Crisis Contribution" from OMV and Others

"While OMV is making billions in profits, it is literally pouring oil on the fire of the climate crisis. Fossil companies destroy the homes and livelihoods of countless people every day. Oil and gas companies cause the crisis - but we all pay the price for it. This must finally stop: those who fuel the climate crisis must pay for it," criticizes Marc Dengler, climate and energy expert at Greenpeace in Austria.

Climate damages have long-term impacts. Oil and gas extraction over the last ten years, such as by OMV, affects the climate until the year 2300. Greenpeace shows with the "climate receipt" that fossil companies are significantly causing the climate crisis, while the global population bears the consequences. The Bisic family from Gablitz is an example of those affected, whose house was damaged in floods in 2024. The "climate receipt" also lists worldwide damages from natural disasters since the Paris Climate Agreement in 2015, including floods in Austria, wildfires, and hurricanes.

Greenpeace demands that fossil companies be appropriately taxed and the revenues generated be invested in disaster funds and climate protection. For this, the Austrian government should convert the current energy crisis contribution for fossil companies into a "climate crisis contribution." Furthermore, the government should advocate for a global taxation of fossil profits at the upcoming World Climate Conference.

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