We are born on this boat [and] we live on the boat. This is our home … without our boat we would have no means to eat. If we did not have our boats, we would just die.[i] – Member of the Manta Community The impacts of climate change have internally displaced more than 30 million people worldwide in 2022 …
As the 28th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 28) commences tomorrow, expectations are soaring, especially regarding the crucial agendas of Loss and Damage (L&D) in 2023. The operationalization of both the Santiago network and the L&D funding arrangement will take center stage of discussions. COP 27 in 2022 marked a breakthrough for the matter of L&D with an …
This article looks at the economic and non-economic ‘‘loss and damage’ (L&D) of communities in Bangladesh experiencing climate induced displacement. Highlighting the potential of the innovative Climate Resilient Migrant Friendly Towns project, developed by ICCCAD, to provide durable solutions to climate IDPs, the authors make the case that L&D funding should prioritize people displaced by climate and the host communities …
Photo Credit: Nguyen Kiet Originally conceptualized by the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) in 1991, the policy agenda regarding loss & damage has been characterized by considerable ambiguity, complexity, and controversy as various actors have opined on the normative question: who should be held to account for the losses and damages associated with anthropogenic climate change, and on what …
The First Meeting of the Loss and Damage Transitional Committee: Emerging Trends & Challenges Ahead At the last United Nations climate conference in Sharm el-Sheikh (COP27) in 2022, countries established a fund to respond to the harms caused by climate impacts (referred to as “loss and damage”) in developing countries. This decision was a major win for climate-vulnerable countries and …
The Transitional Committee (TC) created at COP27 has acomplex task to reach solutions on loss and damage financingthis year. There is strong opportunity for progress: from settingup a new dedicated fund to designing wider fundingarrangements to address loss and damage and identifying newsources of finance. The list is long and time is short: so how canthe TC work efficiently, contribute …
The climate crisis is one of the greatest threats humankind is facing. It is not gender neutral, so the response cannot be gender neutral either. Rising flood waters all too often affect household work. Climate change is exacerbating existing inequalities. Women and marginalised groups bear the brunt, but get the least support. The climate crisis is causing losses and damages …
People get on a boat as they look for shelter during a widespread flood in the northeastern part of the country, in Sylhet, Bangladesh, June 19, 2022. REUTERS/Kazi Salahuddin Razu What’s the context? A group of poor countries and island states will work out how to find and use finance to help communities deal with climate harm Countries to set …
Together with ACT Alliance, Bread for the World publishes the Analysis: Addressing the Protection Gap – Human Mobility and the Climate Crisis in International Frameworks, compiled by Dr. Katherine Braun as a lead author. The connection between “Human Mobility in the Context of Climate Change (HMCCC)” is increasingly recognized as a pressing issue of our times. For years, the ACT …
First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon announces another £5m of funding for loss and damage at COP27 to support communities impacted by slow-onset events and non-economic loss and damage. Image credit: Teo Ormond-Skeaping ©. On the first day of COP26 in Glasgow, the Scottish Government made headlines as it became the first developed country to explicitly pledge finance to address loss and …
