Summary Briefing 24th Standing Committee on Finance Meeting, 19-20 May 2021

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Update on key discussions that took place at the 24th Standing Committee on Finance Meeting on 19-20 May 2021.

Least Developed Countries (LDC) Group reacts to COP27 outcomes

Posted November 20, 2022

“This is the first time in many years that our nations do not come out of a COP empty-handed. COP27 has delivered a historic decision in establishing a fund to address loss and damage,” said Madeleine Diouf Sarr, Chair of the Least Developed Countries Group.

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AOSIS Chair COP27 statement: ‘A mission 30 years in the making, accomplished’

Posted November 20, 2022

Historic loss and damage response fund to assist and support developing countries is finally established at UN climate summit. The AOSIS Chair, the Hon. Minister Molwyn Joseph, Antigua and Barbuda, delivers a statement in response.

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Somaya Abdoun: new finance goal must contain grant target

Posted November 19, 2022

Ms Somaya Abdoun of Sudan, a climate finance negotiator for the Least Developed Countries Group in the UNFCCC, shared her thoughts on progress in the negotiations, mid-way through COP27 in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt. Ms Abdoun discusses the Group’s concern that too much of current climate finance is in the form of loans which lead to… Read more »

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