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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:

[ [link removed] ]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?

[ [link removed] ]Send an email »

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.

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Joseph Sikulu of 350.org Pacific, and Landry Ninteretse of 350.org Africa, at
COP27

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.
[ [link removed] ]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?

[ [link removed] ]Send an email »

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.
[ [link removed] ]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. [ [link removed] ]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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