The climate emergency is devastating many of the world's poorest places. Floods, droughts and storms are happening more often, and are more severe than ever before. It is destroying land, lives and livelihoods.
This is Loss and Damage - the technical term for the impacts of climate change, just like the drought in Zambia.
World leaders have agreed to pay for the damage they have caused through the climate emergency. An initial pot of money worth almost $700 million was pledged at COP28. But it is yet to start reaching communities in need, including Zambia.
We are calling on the board of the Loss and Damage Fund to:
- Urgently agree a plan to start spending this fund, helping families on the frontlines of the climate crisis
- Support projects that help fix the food system, building back better from disasters
- Agree an honest figure for the full scale of funding needed to tackle climate change, and call on the world leaders to fill this fund far into the future
Sign our petition today to add your voice and together we can show world leaders that we expect them to keep their promises. It's time to pay the bill for Loss and Damage.