Hi John,

There’s no easy way to say this, especially on Valentine’s Day, but I think world leaders are having commitment issues. This is no ordinary case of cold feet though.

A report published by my ONE colleagues found that nearly two-thirds of the climate funding promised either hasn’t been delivered or didn’t have much to do with climate in the first place.* Some of these funds for climate are allegedly being spent on opening up chocolate shops. 😲

Why does this matter? Climate change could push more than 132 million additional people into extreme poverty. By 2050, more than 1.6 billion people – including nearly 20% of Africa’s population – could be exposed to severe droughts. That’s a 400% increase from today.

Everyone, everywhere is better off if climate-vulnerable countries get the help they need to build resilient economies, infrastructure, and social safety nets. But that means getting over the doubts and delivering the promises made. No more second thoughts.

Will you sign our Valentine’s Day card and help get us to 50,000 signatures?

Whether you love or loathe Valentine’s Day, we can all agree that we need to restore trust on climate finance once and for all.

Thanks for your support!

Kelli Meyer, ONE

*The full report is available on ONE’s website.