Messages for Action Recognise the urgency of addressing losses and damages and expedite the pace of action. Look no further than the events of 2022 and 2023 to recognise the urgency. For example, the 2022 Pakistan floods displaced 7 million people and caused around...
Key Messages Mitigation and adaptation are at the center of global climate negotiations. However, as climate change impacts become more frequent and more severe, these two well-accepted pillars of climate policy are not sufficient. Burgeoning damage and loss from...
Photo credit: Hemant Ojha, IFSD Key Messages 1. Recognise the urgency to take immediate action to address the losses and damages suffered by workers in South and Southeast Asia. Approximately half of the region's workforce is employed in informal sectors, and are...
Pledges have been made towards the new Loss and Damage (L&D) Fund, but challenges remain as to how the most vulnerable groups can receive funds. To make sure the vulnerable communities and countries are compensated, we suggest adopting six principles and 16...
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Messages for Action Recognise the urgency of addressing losses and damages and expedite the pace of action. Look no further than the events of 2022 and 2023 to recognise the urgency. For example, the 2022 Pakistan floods displaced 7 million people and caused around...
Key Messages Mitigation and adaptation are at the center of global climate negotiations. However, as climate change impacts become more frequent and more severe, these two well-accepted pillars of climate policy are not sufficient. Burgeoning damage and loss from...
On 19 December 2024, a virtual knowledge sharing and feedback session was organised by IFSD for the awardees of grants from the Strengthening Loss and Damage Response Capacity in the Global South (STRENGTH) project. In this project funded by IDRC and...
Events
The 2024 UN Climate Change Conference (COP29) took place in Baku, Azerbaijan, from November 11 to 22, 2024. IFSD, in collaboration with its partners, including the International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD), the International Development Research...
The 2023 UN Climate Change Conference (COP 28) was held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, from 30th November 2023 to 12th December 2023. IFSD along with our partners International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD), International Development Research...