Climate Protesters Disrupt TotalEnergies Annual Meeting with Pepper Spray

Riot police used pepper spray against climate activists protesting TotalEnergies' annual general meeting in Paris. Investors are expected to vote on a climate resolution demanding accelerated cuts to the company's greenhouse gas emissions. TotalEnergies' board opposes the resolution, which calls for steeper absolute emissions cuts by 2030 and inclusion of Scope 3 emissions. The company will instead urge investors to approve its own internal climate plan, focused on more modest emissions cuts from gases at its directly-owned facilities. Protesters sat across access roads, locking arms and legs to form a human barricade.