Tag: Warsaw International Mechanism (WIM)
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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…
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Climate vulnerable nations stand up to mobilize funding facilities for Loss and Damage
Let 2022 be the year when the issue of L&D from human-induced climate change is recognized with utmost urgency and importance
Loss and damage from human induced climate change has been around as early as 1991, when the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) called for a mechanism that would help to compensate countries affected by the rise in sea levels. Despite its long lingering history, why does the issue of L&D stand out in today’s…
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COP27: The Governance Challenges for Santiago Network for Loss and Damage
The idea of establishing an implementation arm of Warsaw International Mechanism (WIM), was put forward by the Least Developing Countries (LDCs) at COP25, held in Madrid in 2019. It was quickly accepted by other groups like AOSIS, AGN and AILAC. Hence, G-77 and China moved with the common position to negotiate with the developed country Parties. However,…
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Time to pay more attention to climate displacement
The issue of human displacement due to the adverse impacts of human-induced climate change used to be a topic of anticipatory actions, but it has become an active problem here and now. This is because the world has now entered the new era of losses and damages that are attributable to the fact that global…
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Loss and damage in developing countries: Impacts, evidence and what next
Three key challenges in addressing loss and damage in the vulnerable developing countries emerged during case studies presentations by six LDC countries
As manifested through recent climatic events in different countries across the world, loss and damage from climate change is a real and increasing threat to the most vulnerable communities, particularly in the Least Developed Countries (LDCs). However, due to its highly political nature, the topic, despite being a question of survival for the vulnerable countries,…