Tag:Loss and Damage Fund

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David Archer: Avoid our mistake, don’t let World Bank host loss and damage fund

At the Global Partnership for Education, we paid a high price to be hosted by the World Bank. A loss and damage fund should...

Michael Simire - November 5, 2023

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World Bank to administer Loss and Damage Fund – Al Jaber hails agreement, campaigners kick

COP28 President-designate and Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology, Dr Sultan Al Jaber, welcomed an agreement reached in Abu Dhabi on Saturday, November 4,...

Michael Simire - November 5, 2023

Climate Change

Why TC5 negotiations on Loss and Damage Fund is critical to deliver an agreement

The Transitional Committee on the Loss and Damage Fund is meeting for the fifth time this year as pressure mounts for countries to agree...

Michael Simire - November 2, 2023

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Concern as Loss and Damage Fund meeting ends with no outcome

Despite going into overtime and several rounds of breakout and plenary discussions, the fourth meeting of the Transitional Committee (TC) on Loss and Damage has...

Michael Simire - October 23, 2023

Climate Change

Deadlocked Loss and Damage Funding: Rich countries trample on equity and trust in global climate agreement

The fourth meeting of the Transition Committee for the operationalisation of the Loss and Damage Fund ended in Aswan, Egypt with no clear resolutions...

Michael Simire - October 23, 2023

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Loss and Damage Fund negotiations stalemated over location of facility

Negotiations by countries at the fourth and final meeting of the UN Transitional Committee on Loss and Damage in Aswan, Egypt, on Thursday, October...

Michael Simire - October 19, 2023

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Groups demand scaled up finance for Loss and Damage Fund

Over 170 organisations from the humanitarian, climate and development sectors on Thursday, October 12, 2023, issued a joint call demanding Loss and Damage finance,...

Michael Simire - October 12, 2023

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Loss and Damage funding: A lifeline for billions of people in Africa

There is no agreed definition of "Loss and damage" in the international climate negotiations. However, according https://climatepromise.undp.org/climate-dictionary, the term can refer to the unavoidable impacts...

Michael Simire - June 12, 2023

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