Today, COP28 President Dr. Sultan Al Jaber delivered remarks at the historic ‘First Meeting of the Board of the Fund for responding to loss and damage’, taking place in Abu Dhabi. The meeting brings together Board Members for critical discussions around the operationalization of

As we shift to virtual meeting mode during this 1st meeting of the #LossAndDamage board due to rainfall alert I’m thinking of the community I visited enroute here in #vanuatu -dealing with a river that has moved 1km inland following extreme rainfall UN Climate Change #loss #damage #crisis

1/3.📰Excellent Climate Home News article 👏 from Matteo Civillini debriefing on the first meeting of the Board of the #LossAndDamage Fund and what needs to happen now to get #LossAndDamage finance to frontlines of the #ClimateCrisis. 🔗Read it here: climatechangenews.com/2024/05/03/los…

Heat-related deaths in Phoenix, Arizona, have nearly doubled this year #climateemergency theguardian.com/us-news/articl…

.IDA - World Bank countries face a critical need for investments—up to 10% of GDP—to bridge development gaps and bolster climate resilience amidst economic losses from natural disasters. Discover how they can swing the momentum back to progress ➡️ wrld.bg/56Y150RvzNn

12 games. 12 wins. 👏 🇫🇯 Is the Olympic three-peat on for Jerry Tuwai and Fiji Rugby Union? 👀 #Paris2024 | #RugbySevens

Elon Musk accused Twitter’s leadership of tipping the scales politically. But now he’s doing just that with X. wired.trib.al/d2sYBsJ

It's finally here, and it's a big one. I argue Pacific states are engaging in contestation of norm clusters by 'weaving' new behaviour guides on climate mobilities. Big thanks to the many who listened to, read, and commented on early versions of this cup.org/3XPgRIK

“It’s a Dirty Business”, a Shell Contractor Speaks Out #shorts #vice #shell youtube.com/shorts/_B6StxW… via YouTube

V20 communique on #climate $$$ 'half of the world's poorest countries are now poorer than they were before the pandemic. We also lack funding for adaptation, which remains less than 10 percent of global climate finance flows, and the gap is widening' cvfv20.org/wp-content/upl…

#FRLD Launch of High Level Annual Dialogue, António Guterres calls for new commitments and innovative financing to keep pace with the scale and burden of loss and damage COP29 Azerbaijan

High Level Roundtable on mitigation ambition has ministers, MDBs, fossil fuel companies and int, organisations comparing notes - with financing issues a common theme - without a clear signal from #COP29 approaches will remain divergent, contradictory, ad-hoc COP29 Azerbaijan

‘We need to set a financing goal here in Baku to provide the course correction. A weak goal or the failure to set a goal is only fuel on a fire that will burn all of us – the only difference is it will burn some of us earlier than others.’ Professor Biman Prasad COP29 Azerbaijan International Energy Agency IDA - World Bank

#FRLD ED Ibrahima Cheikh Diong speaks to importance of country-led bottom up approaches during the SIDS High Level Summit - Vinaka COP29 Azerbaijan AOSIS

Yesterday at #COP29 in the ODI Global | odi-global.bsky.social Climate, Peace and Transboundary Resilience Pavilion, we marked one year since the Getting Ahead of Disasters Charter was launched, celebrating collective progress in taking early action to scale. Find out more: linkedin.com/posts/risk-inf…

5/33. “The world needs US$ 1.3 trillion to deliver 1.5°C. The alternative is tens of trillions in #LossAndDamage over the next decades in a dangerous and unstable 3°C world.” Prof. Professor Biman Prasad, Deputy Prime Minister of Fiji 🇫🇯 at #COP29.

No-one is happy with the #COP29 $$$ + energy texts. Perhaps OPEC. But no-one else.

State of play - Summary of options #COP29 The Guardian Reuters Climate Home News

IN PHOTOS: President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr., meets the members of the Loss and Damage Fund (LDF) Board in a courtesy call in Malacañan Palace on Monday (Dec. 2, 2024) (Presidential Communications Office photos)