…can effectively respond to the needs of our communities in addressing loss and damage caused by climate change.” “The transitional committee established here must immediately start the work to design an effective operational modality for the loss and damage fund as an operating entity under the financial mechanism of the Convention and the Paris Agreement, with the provision of new,…

…these instruments require some adaptation in order to meet the LDCs’ pressing development needs, compounded by the challenges of climate change. In particular, graduating LDCs face the removal of special trade treatments, and a consequent blow to their most promising export-orientated industries. The loss of important markets or imposition of new tariffs will compound the huge economic shock of Covid-19….

…Developing States’ needs for finance, technology transfer and capacity-building. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJL8zIDOPlQ Angelique Pouponneau Meanwhile, as COP27 delegates negotiate funding for vulnerable countries to rebuild their societies resiliently following climate-related loss and damage, AOSIS encounters unhelpful resistance. Policy Advisor Michai Robertson explains, in this short clip: https://youtu.be/uYU7QSDYcDQ These interviews were recorded in Sharm El-Sheikh on 11-12 November, at the end of the…