DMC/Merlin Keyword: TYPHOONHAIYAN Please credit Pio Arce/Genesis Photos Gelian dela Cruz (11) is worried that her school is ruined. She was even excited to do an oral recitation the day when the storm struck their town in Barangay Libertad, Bogo City, Cebu. The full scale of the disaster caused by Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines is only now becoming apparent.

Why developed countries should back loss and damage in Paris

Tim Kovach
One of the trickiest outstanding issues is the question of loss and damage. For years, developing countries have called for developed states to compensate them for the negative effects of climate change, such as more frequent flooding and more intense droughts.
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What does it take to be a Climate Tracker?

Chris Wright

In order to push negotiators back into the spirit of progress, we have brought along two of our favourite Climate Trackers from previous UN climate talks and asked them to share what it really means to be a Climate Tracker.

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Loss and Damage alive, but barely

Denise Fontanilla
The rumors about the new draft ADP text were right—loss and damage had its own paragraph, yes, but only in the preamble, where the Warsaw decisions were recalled, and progress on it was said to be welcomed...