Senator Feinstein: (202) 224-3841 or (415) 393-0707
WHAT:
If you’re a person who cares deeply about the world's poorest people and believes the US has a responsibility to help these communities adapt to the effects of climate change, now is the time to let them our political leaders know!
1. Please call Senators Feinstein and Boxer and urge them to ensure that international assistance for the world's poorest people to adapt to climate change not be left out of a comprehensive US climate and energy bill!
2. Please also ask them to co-sponsor the International Climate Change Investment Act (S. 2835), which addresses the global security risks of climate change, helps hard-hit communities to build resilience to climate impacts, and promotes US leadership in clean technology.
WHY:
The world’s poorest people are currently being hit hardest by climate change and need assistance to build up resilience against its effects.
International investments are in the interests of US national security and global stability. Climate-exacerbated impacts (droughts, floods, storms, disease) will increase environmental migration, poverty and hunger, and possible armed conflicts over scarce resources, as already seen in Sudan. Supporting climate-readiness now will save lives and money by helping to decrease the damage caused by climate change.
Without financial and technical support from countries like the United States, developing countries will not be able to address the immediate, serious impacts facing vulnerable communities today or reduce their own emissions, leaving billions of people in peril from worsening storms, droughts, and floods.
AND:
There's still time to take action!!! But, unfortunately, there has been talk of splitting the bill to leave out essential portions that would both cap greenhouse gas emissions and provide funding for vulnerable communities least responsible for the devastating effects of climate change that they are the most incapable of dealing with.
