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Strengthening Loss and Damage Narrative: Building cohesive voices with policymakers and civil society in Bangladesh
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in Policy BriefBangladesh has been striving for years to shift its narrative from being climate vulnerability to resilience. Over the years, it has managed to build itself as one of the climate-resilient countries, despite the geographical vulnerability, through building efficient early warning systems, community-led disaster management, and women’s leadership in resilience efforts. However, communities in Bangladesh continue…
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NATIONAL AND LOCAL | Which actors should receive loss and damage finance? Enabling nationally and locally owned approaches
Following the agreement to establish a new fund to provide financial support for responding to loss and damage at COP27, COP28 will mark a critical moment as it will officially kickstart negotiations on the fund’s operationalization. One particularly contentious aspect of the new fund and L&D finance more broadly is who it will target as…
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PARTNERSHIPS | Establishing National Loss and Damage Mechanisms in Bangladesh – the Role of multiactor Partnerships
Loss and Damage in Bangladesh Climate change-related loss and damage (L&D) is already a lived reality for people around the world, threatening their fundamental human rights and trapping them in poverty. According to the IPCC 6th Assessment Report (AR6) WGII (2022), the most vulnerable people and systems are disproportionately affected by climate change impacts. Poor…
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LOSS AND DAMAGE | A Critical Perspective on Non Economic Loss and Damage
In June this year, we published the working paper centering local values in assessing and addressing climate-related losses and damages. The report includes a critical analysis of ‘non-economic’ loss and damage research. We mentioned how these studies assessing or conceptualising ‘non-economic’ losses and damages – which are highly culturally- and context-dependant and mostly occur in…
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VANUATU AND BEYOND | Loss & Damage Costs are Exploding and the Politics are too: Vanuatu’s island solutions at the UNFCCC and beyond
Back in the early 1990’s the Pacific Island nation of Vanuatu, a founding member of the Alliance of Small Island States AOSIS, called on what would become the United Framework Convention on Climate Change: “help us pay for addressing the impacts from sea level rise.” Essentially, the first global call for finance to address loss…
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FINANCING | Making Loss and Damage Financing Gender Transformative
Learnings from past efforts of climate and development financing “Those who are most affected by climate change today – women, girls and marginalised communities – must be involved in the design and implementation of climate response actions to ensure the equal sharing of benefits.” – UN Women, 2022 Why are gender issues important to be…
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VULNERABILITY INDEX | More than a number: Why addressing loss and damage must go beyond a vulnerability index?
The most salient signal of progress from COP27 was the decision to establish a new fund and funding arrangements for loss and damage, something sought by climate-vulnerable countries over 30 years ago. While the terms of how this fund will work have yet to be resolved this year at COP28 in the United Arab Emirates,…
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ADAPTATION | The Nexus between Adaptation and Loss & Damage: Navigating the Climate Crisis
Globally, people are disproportionately affected by climate change consistently and are enforced to adapt, with or without external assistance. Nonetheless, the current mitigation and adaptation efforts have been deemed insufficient to resist losses and damages (L&D), particularly in vulnerable countries from the Global South. It is also reported that vulnerable countries have gone beyond their…
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FOREWORD | Dr. Saleemul Huq
In the face of our changing climate, where the most vulnerable amongst us bear the brunt of its impacts, the concept of loss and damage has emerged as a defining challenge of our times. It is in this context hat Dr. Saleemul Huq’s profound insights and unwavering commitment shine brightly, illuminating a path forward in…
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Climate Tribune | October 2023
Climate Tribune | October 2023 Articles in the series FOREWORD ADAPTATION VULNERABILITY INDEX FINANCING VANUATU AND BEYOND LOSS AND DAMAGE PARTNERSHIPS NATIONAL AND LOCAL STORIES [one_half_last][btn btnlink=”http://website.icccad.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/CT_October-2023-2_compressed.pdf” btnsize=”medium” bgcolor=”#3f9e0c” txtcolor=”#ffffff” btnnewt=”1″ nofollow=”1″] Download PDF[/btn] [/one_half_last]
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The First Step in Operationalizing Loss and Damage Finance: Reflections on the Transitional Committee Process
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in BlogAs 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…