Dear NRDC Action Fund Activist,

As the world's biggest economy, and for decades the biggest emitter of carbon pollution, the United States has a responsibility to help vulnerable countries that are paying the highest price for the climate crisis — a crisis those countries done very little to cause.

Last year, President Biden pledged to quadruple the U.S.'s international climate investments to help reduce the impact of severe weather and climate-fueled disasters on critical infrastructure, agricultural productivity, and public health around the world.

But Congress holds the purse strings — and that means we need to ensure that President Biden and Congressional leadership make climate finance a top-priority in their year-end spending negotiations, while we still have pro-environment majorities in both houses of Congress. Are you with us?

Tell President Biden and Congress to make international climate finance a priority in the year-end spending negotiations to ensure critical and equitable investments are made to combat the global climate crisis.

While the Inflation Reduction Act — the largest climate action in U.S. history — brings the U.S. closer to domestic climate goals, the U.S. is playing catch-up on its international commitments. Global climate progress is being severely undermined by a lack of climate assistance for vulnerable countries, and this was on full display recently at COP27.

Climate funding from the U.S. will help reduce the impacts of extreme weather caused by climate change in countries such as Barbados and Pakistan. These investments are also in the U.S.'s best interest — without a rapid global transition to clean energy, the U.S. economy and communities across the country will continue to suffer under a volatile and dangerous fossil fuel economy.

And we must make this happen now — with an incoming split Congress where the Democrats hold the Senate and the Republicans the House, we risk this important issue being lost to gridlock and partisan infighting.

It won't be easy. Big polluters and their vocal minority of allies in Congress will continue trying every trick in the book to stall progress on climate change and clean energy — and we cannot allow them any chance of success.

Tell Biden and Congress to fully fund international climate action and accelerate global climate progress before it's too late.

Thank you again for all you have done to support climate solutions and climate champions, in the midterms and beyond. Together, I know we can make a difference.

Sincerely,

Kevin S. Curtis
Executive Director, NRDC Action Fund