Petition calls for Barack Obama to fulfil Green Climate Fund pledge
by Michael Slezak from on (#260YR)
US promised US$3bn towards fund, which was part of historic Paris agreement, but so far has transferred only $500m
More than 100 climate and development organisations, along with 70,000 people, have called on Barack Obama to help secure the future of the Paris agreement by transferring the remaining $2.5bn committed by the US.
The Green Climate Fund was a key aspect of the historic Paris agreement signed in 2015, which aims to keep global warming "well below" 2C and aspires to keep warming to 1.5C.
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