Tackling environmental genocide through justice, reform, and solidarity.
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Years of PollutionAdvocating Justice, Accountability, and a Just Transition
The International Working Group on Petroleum Pollution and Just Transition in the Niger Delta (IWG) was established after the Bayelsa State Oil and Environmental Commission’s landmark report An Environmental Genocide. The report exposed the scale of oil pollution in Bayelsa and across the Niger Delta, and called for urgent action to hold International Oil Companies (IOCs) accountable.
The IWG amplifies community voices, supports Nigerian stakeholders, and builds international pressure to deliver clean-up, compensation, and reparative justice. By reframing divestment as a true just transition, we place environmental justice, biodiversity restoration, and community survival at the centre of global climate debates.
Research, Advocacy, and Partnerships for Real Change
The IWG is advancing the recommendations of the Bayelsa State Oil and Environmental Commission’s report through targeted programmes and collaborative action.
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Immediate Action, Long-Term Impact.
At IWG, we believe that real change requires tackling both urgent crises and the structural injustices that caused them. Our approach blends grassroots action with international advocacy to deliver accountability, justice, and healing for communities in the Niger Delta.
- Advocacy & Reform
- Litigation & Accountability
- Just Transition
- Community Justice
- Global Solidarity
News & Updates
Social justice organisation, Ford Foundation, in conjunction with an International Working Group (IWG) on Petroleum Pollution and Just Transition in the Niger Delta, has sought an end to the environmental despoliation of the region, particularly Bayelsa State.
Now Shell is walking away and selling off its offshore operations. But community leaders aren’t having it. They want Shell to pay $12 billion in environmental damages before any sale goes through.