Communities on the frontline of the climate crisis need money to prepare for emergencies, rebuild from disasters and access renewable energy – but they don't have enough of it.
This doesn't have to be the case. By properly taxing polluters profiting from driving the climate crisis, cancelling debts for countries impacted by the crisis and reforming international financial institutions, we could ensure that communities hardest hit by the climate emergency have the 'climate finance' they need to tackle it.
Rather than paying the price for a crisis they have done least to cause, the countries most vulnerable to the climate emergency would have the money they need to build flood defences, install early-warning systems and provide renewable energy to communities living without access to electricity.
