(New York, 8 December 2021) – Thirty-nine donors today announced record pledges of more than US$467 million at a high-level event for the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) for 2022. Several donors announced top-ups for 2021, bringing overall funding this year to CERF to $610 million.
This year’s pledge of $467.7 million is the highest amount committed to CERF in a pledging event compared to the $371.8 million pledged one year ago for 2021, and surpassing the previous record of $438.5 million pledged for 2019 at the event in 2018.