Christiana Figueres here, former Executive Secretary of the United Nations
Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), on behalf of my friends
at 350.org.

This has been an incredible year for the climate movement. Yes, we have
had setbacks. But also, from the youth-lead Global Climate Strikes to the
decarbonization of thousands of economies around the world, from towns,
cities, and major corporations, this is a year for optimism.

None of this happened by chance, John. It’s thanks to the
persistent work of many groups like 350.org, a group which, for the last
decade, has been at the center of this work as an integral,
uncompromising, international campaign dedicated to fighting the climate
crisis.

[ [link removed] ]I’m reaching out to you with a special request. We need as many people
as possible to pitch in to support 350.org and make sure 2020 is the
absolute watershed year for climate justice. Will you help?

What we must understand, John, is that the decisions we make in
2020 will decide the quality of life for every living thing on this planet
for at least the next century.

That is not an exaggeration, that is our reality.

But, I’m choosing to look at this quite simply. We either get this right,
right now, or we suffer the consequences. There is just no other way to
move forward but to cut our emissions to zero to achieve stability, clean
growth for nations that still need that growth, and climate justice.

[ [link removed] ]John, 350.org works in local and global contexts around the
world to achieve this. We need them stronger than ever to fight this
battle. Will you make a contribution today?

Thanks to the Paris Agreement, we were able to decrease the projected
global temperature rise by 5 degrees. This still isn’t enough, but it’s
important to remember that when we come together, we can make these
changes. We’ve done it before.

Now we have better science, and we know we must stay below 1.5 degrees.
But we also know that decisions we make this year have a decisive
influence on the viability of that temperature ceiling.

This is a monumental challenge of intergenerational responsibility. But we
humans have caused this -- and we will solve this.

We are at a crossroads in human history, and thanks to organisations such
as 350.org that provide critical infrastructure for the global climate
change movement, we have a chance to come through this better, stronger,
and more resilient than ever.

[ [link removed] ]I invite you to make a contribution to 350.org today. Anything you can
give will be turned into vital movement-building power around the world.

In strength,
Christiana Figueres


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