Attending the First Board meeting of the #LossAndDamage Fund in Abu Dhabi, starting now. Details here: unfccc.int/event/first-me… My comment: "As the newly formed Board convenes to establish the governance of the Loss and Damage Fund, it is crucial that they demonstrate their

🔴CSOs provide a vital link between policy & practice, bridging gaps & ensuring that decisions are grounded in reality. Robust #CSOparticipation at the Fund for #LossAndDamage is essential in creating solutions that work for people & the planet. Read: bit.ly/CSOLetterLDF

Observer input needed for #LossAndDamage Fund committee on add'l rules of procedure. Developing countries supportive but some don't want observers considered at same level as Board members, but their proposal is far too limiting. No consensus so decision on RoP is suspended.

1/2. “We need financial support to engage [with the Board of the #LossAndDamage Fund]... we need announcements sooner. It was too late for some #CivilSociety people from the Pacific to be here.” Isatis M. Cintrón of @ACEObservatory for ENGO, 1st #LossAndDamage Fund Board meeting.

.Brown University students pack up their encampment in exchange for the governing Corporation considering their proposal for divestment from companies that profit from human rights abuses in Palestine, at their October meeting.

मार्क्सबाद लेनिनबाद माओबादका मूल्य मान्यता त्यागेर दलाल पुँजीबाद अङ्गालेकाहरूबाट साशित हुन पुगेगा नेपाली भोटरलाई मई दिवसको शुभकामना!

Loss and Damage Meeting Shows Signs of Giving Developing Countries a Bigger Voice and Easier Access to Aid insideclimatenews.org/news/04052024/…

Used to think a dog's life was great but a cat's is a whole new level of joie de vivre. Snoozing 2/3rd of the day, and cuddling, insect-watching, ruminating on mysterious noises, zooming, scratching, purring, pawing & eating the remaining 1/3rd. Not to mention kneading biscuits💖

آئو بچو سیر کرائیں تم کو پاکستان کی جس کی خاطر دی قربانی ہم نے لاکھوں جان کی

Significant Environmental and Climate Impacts Are Impinging on Human Rights in Every Country, a New Report Finds insideclimatenews.org/news/21052024/…

Climate change may be fuelling a resurgence of piracy across Africa theconversation.com/climate-change… via The Conversation

The #LossAndDamage Fund Board has reconvened after closed-door discussions and is about to adopt a decision to select the Philippines as the host country of the LDF Board. Other proposals were received by Antigua & Barbuda, Armenia, Bahamas, Barbados, Eswatini, Kenya, and Togo.

📢 The Philippines has been unanimously chosen as the host country for the #LossAndDamage Fund, granting it an independent legal personality.

1/55. The first day of the 2⃣nd meeting of the Board of the #LossAndDamage Fund has concluded in Songdo - Incheon, in the Republic of South Korea 🇰🇷. Here are our takeaways.🧵 🤔Don't want to read a thread? 📜 Read this detailed summary instead 😊: docs.google.com/document/d/1ES…

The 10 most fragile states received only $223M in climate adaptation financing in 2021, less than 1% of total flows. Without prioritizing the unique needs of fragile contexts, the L&D Fund risks excluding climate-vulnerable communities 🖋 Adrianna Hardaway buff.ly/4cAEUBg

DECIDED! Name of the new Fund is: "Fund for responding to #LossAndDamage."

1/2. “The urgency of dispersing from the [#LossAndDamage] Fund is critical for Least Developed Countries (LDCs).. #LossAndDamage is real for LDCs. In Nepal🇳🇵floods killed 74 people and 78 are missing.” Adao Soares Barbosa of Timor-Leste 🇹🇱 encourages the Board of the #LossAndDamage

Historic tectonic shift in South Asia: India has ‘lost’ Bangladesh after Sheikh Haseena fled the country after being forced to resign by Army Chief, earlier, India ‘lost’ Maldives in a popular election & India is weakened in Nepal too, while Sri Lanka faces Presidential polls in

Ali Sheikh in his latest article for Dawn analyses the implications of sidelining climate change as a peripheral concern in the Pakistan Economic Survey 2024-25. Read his article here: dawn.com/news/1918056?u…

Read Ali Sheikh's latest article on the climate crisis of Pakistan's floods, here: dawn.com/news/1937817/c…