We don’t have the time anymore, and we, as the climate action community, are tired of saying this ad nauseam.
The reality is that the Paris summit ended without any major announcements.
What we called mitigation before is now better described as averting or avoiding loss and damage
We cannot continue to allow wealthy countries to externalise the damage of their pollution spree.
Public financing from developed countries will never be sufficient.
Capacity development is an important part of mainstreaming NbS and LLA.
Attribution Science can play a leading role in figuring out which countries the money should flow to
Has COP27 succeeded or failed? It’s not difficult to answer the question.
COP27 decided to establish a new funding arrangement to assist developing countries regarding climate-related loss and damage.
Bangladesh has demanded that developed countries double their collective provision of adaptation finance by 2025, as was agreed at COP26 in Glasgow last year, and provide support to vulnerable countries to implement the National Adaptation Plan (NAP).
The developing countries are united in their demand for the establishment of the Sharm El Sheikh Finance Facility for Loss and Damage (SSFFLD) at the end of the climate conference later this week.
The young population in the coastal villages want to develop their skills and knowledge and advance their career.
The ongoing energy war is worsening impact of climate change
The devastation is already here and now; the longer we wait, the greater and sooner the future damage
Despite demands from climate-change-affected countries, the issue of loss and damage has been contentious at the global forum.
There is a great need for an annual “Accountability COP” to hold those who have pledged to act against climate change to account.
More investment is needed in research work to understand the dynamics and impact of loss and damage in climate-vulnerable communities.
These actors are addressing losses and damages from human-induced climate change now.
It is clear that polluters are the reason why the world is going through the era of loss and damage from human-induced climate change.
