Today's the final day of COP27, John.
But John Kerry and the U.S. delegation at COP27 still refuse to commit to phasing out fossil fuels. So with only a few hours left before the negotiations officially end, we need to make our demands as loud as possible, and we're hoping we can count on your help:
Hi John,
This is Landry from 350.org Africa, and Joseph from 350.org Pacific.
If there’s one thing we’ve learned from our many years of building this movement for climate justice, it’s that our voices carry more loudly when we raise them together.
Today, on the final day of the COP27, we’re writing to you on behalf of the African and Pacific people we’re here to represent. We’re here fighting the same fight. And we want to ask you to join us.
Before COP27 officially closes in a few hours, in this final frantic round of negotiations, we have one final ask. John, will you send an email to John Kerry and the U.S. delegation at COP27, and ask them to commit to phasing out fossil fuels and provide money for the loss and damage suffered by countries hit by climate impacts?
John Kerry, the U.S Climate Envoy, and the U.S. delegation at COP27 have been playing games with the lives and futures of those of us on the frontline of the devastating impacts of the climate crisis. They refuse to provide loss and damage financing to pay for the destruction they caused. They fail to show the leadership they owe us, or to fight for the phase out of fossil fuels that our people desperately need.
John, we come to COPs year after year to speak for our people. To demand a fair and just transition for vulnerable communities across Africa. To protect the goal to keep global heating under 1.5°C, and to preserve the hope of the Pacific people. 1.5°C is not only a matter of survival for our communities, but also a strong commitment to really address the climate crisis.
But it’s not enough anymore for us to return from these COPs to tell our people we have done everything we can, but have little to show for it. We should not be here begging for our existence.
A huge majority of delegations at this UN conference have made loss and damage financing their top ask. Other world leaders are coming around.1 As one of the world’s biggest carbon emitters, the U.S. has the responsibility to pay its fair share and put an end to fossil fuels. We cannot afford incremental actions in the face of climate chaos. We have no time left for political games. A full and equitable fossil fuel phase out, and just climate finance, is the least our people deserve.
We need to make sure John Kerry and the U.S. delegation hear from us, John. We created a tool for you to email Kerry’s office at the UN conference directly, all you have to do is click. Can you send him an email now?
If enough people send him an email, we can still push the people negotiating the final decision RIGHT NOW to include loss and damage financing and phase out all fossil fuels at COP27. We only have a few hours left, John. Can we count on you?
The realities of our people’s struggle against rising seas, deadly heat, droughts, and floods, have been used to highlight the urgency of the climate crisis for decades. But we’re not only defined by these impacts. We are also defined by our climate leadership. No matter the outcomes of this COP, we will keep fighting for climate justice, and for real, equitable solutions.
With rage, hope, and solidarity,
Landry Ninteretse for 350.org Africa, Joseph Sikulu for 350.org Pacific, and the entire 350.org team at COP27
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