Environmental Groups Urge U.S. for $3.3 Billion in Climate Aid

The U.S. must urgently spend at least $3.3 billion on international climate finance, including investments to protect tropical forests, build resilience and accelerate other nations’ shifts to clean energy, according to a letter sent to Congress by almost 100 environmental, business and faith-based groups.

• These investments are “key to building credibility and influence so that the U.S. can unlock more ambitious climate action from other countries, delivering benefits at home and abroad,” groups including the Natural Resources Defense Council, Friends of the Earth U.S. and Environmental Defense Fund said in their letter to the heads of the House and Senate ...