Tagged loss and damage

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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“You are now talking about almost total devastation” and you can’t Adapt to total devastation

‘Decent work’ & strengthened role for ‘loss & damage’ among draft negotiating text additions thus far Additions continue through Tuesday morning; consolidation work to begin in...

This post will update as plenary continue. Work by the whole Adopt a Negotiator team (who you can follow here!) UPDATE: Text got approved. So, Manuel Pulgar-Vidal finally emerged from his...

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...

As I wrote yesterday, the decisions undertaken under the UNFCCC do not operate in a vacuum, and reflect the power disparities between the north and the south. We see that happening again in the last hours of...

Solidarity has a new language. Silence

Contrary to the popular belief and rumours in the media about India’s stand on emission reduction, sources inside the delegation room has revealed it has no such agenda in mind for Lima talks Just when the...

Once upon a time, back in the nineties, current negotiators were younger, and some of us were not even born. In those times they realised of two things: that climate was unexpectedly changing, and that...