COP27 process represents a historic moment for loss and damage (L&D) since this is the first time the issue was adopted into the agenda and approved in the same year and am not sure if this has ever been the case within any UN negotiating process, said Saber H Chowdhury, president of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Ministry of …
COP27: Focus shift towards setting up Loss and Damage Financial Structure
Little was done to address the causes of global warming
The UN climate talks COP27 closed in Egypt on Saturday started to address the symptoms of the climate crisis in a breakthrough decision for the most vulnerable. A historic progress was made with a commitment to set up for a financial support structure for the most vulnerable to deal with “Loss and Damage” caused by the impact of the climate …
Launch of Loss & Damage Forum
Launch of Loss & Damage Forum, on 17 November 2022 15:15 – 16:15 (EGY) at LLA Pavilion (Area C). The Loss and Damage Forum (LDF) which is a collaborative platform and virtual workspace where resources and tools are shared among a group of practitioners, researchers and decision makers across the world, with a prime focus of connecting local to global, …
Amplifying Stories on Loss and Damage And Climate Action
‘Amplifying local voices: from loss and damage to local climate solutions’ organized by ICCCAD and SSN, on 16 November 2022 11am-12pm at Resilience Hub (Area C). The session will showcase local experiences, voices and perspectives through storytelling, media and representation from local spokespersons. The side event is expected to serve as a learning and exchange platform that brings together local civil …
Beyond dialogue to Action & Support to avert, minimize and address loss and damage
ACT2025 Official Side Event ‘Beyond dialogue to Action & Support to avert, minimize and address loss and damage’ today, 10th November from 16.45 – 18.15 (EGY | GMT+2) at Room Amon (150), Blue Zone. With loss and damage being a major agenda in the UNFCCC negotiations and beyond, the Allied for Climate Transformation by 2025 (ACT2025) consortium aims to bring together negotiators and L&D actors from countries which have …
From Framing to Financing #LossAndDamage
COP after COP, the global climate action community or the ‘Conference of Parties’ as it is officially called, has made endless efforts to define, measure, and attribute Loss and Damage. From Agreement to Protocol, from Mechanism and Network to Conference and Declaration to Dialogue1, we have been only discussing and asserting the need for climate action. Even the science2 of …
OPINION:COP27 will be the first U.N. climate summit in the era of loss and damage
The upcoming talks must agree to set up a funding facility to help countries deal with the growing harm caused by climate change impacts It has now been 30 years since the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) was signed at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 1972 – and we are about to hold …
Local responses to climate-related non-economic losses and damages: a case study in Burigoalini and Gabura Union, Southwest Bangladesh
People in Burigoalini and Gabura Unions frequently face climate-related hazards. Adequate adaptation measures to these hazards are often missing, causing losses and damages. This paper focuses on non-economic losses and damages: items that are not commonly traded in markets (such as the loss of biodiversity or cultural heritage). The non-economic losses and damages that people in Burigoalini and Gabura Unions …
Loss and damage must be defined on moral grounds
Among the three strategies for addressing climate change – mitigation, adaptation, and loss and damage (L&D) – the latter two continue to suffer from interpretational ambiguities. Adaptation does not have an agreed definition under the climate regime. Loss and damage is not yet considered as a third strategy by developed countries. But developing countries don’t agree. Under the Paris Agreement, …
Make polluters pay for loss and damage from climate change
Over the last few weeks, a number of developments around the world has brought forth the need to hold polluters responsible for the loss and damage they have been causing the planet. The latest such event is the devastating floods in Pakistan, which has been scientifically attributed to human-induced climate change. United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called the floods “climate …