If loss and damage does not get on the a • Table.Briefings

By Saleemul Huq

Saleemul Huq, Director of the International Institute for Climate Change and Development in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

We have entered a new era of loss and damage from human-induced climate change. Therefore, finance for loss and damage must be on the agenda of the upcoming COP27 – or the climate summit will have failed before it officially starts. The Global Shield being co-developed between the G7 and V20 can certainly offer help, but it is not enough. We need a more comprehensive Finance Facility for loss and damage to be established at this COP.

We are rapidly approaching the 27th Conference of Parties (COP27) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to be held in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, which will in fact be the first COP of the new era of loss and damage from human induced climate change.

If loss and damage does not get on the agenda, COP fails

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