Once again, Rihanna has proven that she is truly a queen by donating $15 million for climate action.

Rihanna, the wicked Barbados-born billionaire, just pledged millions of dollars to climate justice organizations in the United States and the Caribbean.

Through its philanthropic arm, the Clara Lionel Foundation, $15 million will be donated to 18 initiatives led primarily by women, youth, black, indigenous and LGBTQ+ communities to adapt to climate change.

In making the announcement, Rihanna said: “Much of the Clara Lionel Foundation’s work is based on understanding that climate disasters, increasingly frequent and intense, do not affect all communities. Likewise, communities of color and island nations are hit hardest. of climate change. ‘

On the website it’s called “this funding round”, it appears there will be other donation rounds in the future. As a huge fan, I’m wrong when I say this – but could Rihanna be any more perfect?

With an additional contribution from Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, this huge funding comes just in time, after a year of uncertainty around climate action.

World leaders may have set ambitious targets at COP26 last September – stopping deforestation and shifting to green transport by 2030 were among them – but analysis suggests these efforts won’t be sufficient to stop global warming before the end of the century.

Not to mention that national goals have been overshadowed by the fact that the world’s biggest banks continue to finance fossil fuel companies, even as new oil exploration ventures are underway in various of the most biodiverse regions of the world. the planet.

It is clear that corporations are in no hurry to abandon their lucrative and climate-destroying business activities, and their indifference will see countries in the Global South suffer the first effects.

So, a few months after becoming a billionaire, Queen Rih is taking matters into her own hands – with the help of a few wealthy friends – to protect those most vulnerable to climate change.

This is not the first time that the music, makeup and fashion mogul has opened her wallet for the good of all.

In 2008, when Rihanna had just turned 18, she founded the Believe Foundation, an organization that sponsors children with serious illnesses. The organization also provides resources to underserved schools and donates clothing to shelters for homeless children.

After founding the Clara Lionel Foundation (CLF) in 2012, she began to return to her native island. Rihanna donated $1.75 million in state-of-the-art radiation therapy equipment to the Clara Braithwaite Cancer and Nuclear Medicine Center, provided aid to hurricane victims and contributed to Barbados’ microgrant program.

Arriving in Malawi in 2017, Rihanna became the first ambassador for the Global Partnership for Education. Here she met with teachers, students and government officials to improve the quality of schools for current and future generations.

And then (no, we’re not done yet), there’s the Diamond Ball, an exclusive gala hosted by Rihanna and attended by Hollywood’s most prestigious celebrities since 2014.

At the gala auction, limited-edition items and vacation packages are sold to the highest bidder – usually those in the ranks of 2 Chainz and Cardi B – and all proceeds from the event equal to the tickets are donated to the Clara Lionel Foundation.

Needless to say, a quick scroll through Rihanna’s Instagram shows that she regularly speaks out against global injustices in front of an audience of 118 million people.

Whether she’s writing about SARS in Nigeria, free movement of Palestinians, going incognito during the Stop Asian Hate protests in New York, or regularly campaigning for Black Lives, she just doesn’t stop.

Seriously, I’d love to go into detail about the makeup brand, including its makeup and lingerie line, and the $60 million it’s raised for women and children affected by AIDS through a collaboration with MAC lipstick, but we’ll be here all day and you’ll probably give up reading this article.

With everything Rihanna has accomplished at just 32 years old, it’s no wonder she’s been dubbed the national heroine of Barbados.

When Rihanna says, “Bitch, you better have my money,” she means it, so she can use it to make the world a better place.