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This event will chart pathways forward for delivering financial support to victims of loss and damage. It will discuss research findings on potential sources, modalities and structures for L&D finance, with insights on local needs and action from Africa and the Caribbean.
Sahel food crisis 2012, the drought response in Mauritania. Photo: Pablo Tosco, Oxfam International / Climate Visuals
Across the global South, vulnerable people are being pushed beyond the limits to adaptation. Loss and damage from climate change is a complex and multidimensional phenomenon – and it requires varied financial instruments to tackle this complexity.
This side event will hear examples of innovative finance sources and structures along with stories from the frontline of climate change. It is organised by SEI, International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), International Youth and Student Movement for the United Nations (ISMUN), Overseas Development Institute (ODI), Pan African Climate Justice Alliance (PACJA) and Stop Climate Chaos Scotland (SCCS).
Panelists:
Zoha Shawoo (SEI)
Oluwole Oshota (ISMUN)
Ritu Bharadwaj (IIED)
Emily Wilkinson (ODI)
Anne Callaghan (SCCS), Ambassador
Francine Baron (tbc, Dominica)
Jevanic Henry (climate activist, Saint Lucia),
Lisa Banda (CISONECC, Malawi)
Maite Rodriguez (Founder & Director of Foundation Guatemala, Guatemala)
Moderated by: Inès Bakhtaoui (SEI)
Project / Vulnerable countries are already experiencing severe losses and damages from unavoidable climate change impacts. They urgently need financial support.
Feature / SEI was invited to share research insights with the International Development Association and Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Project / The Resilient Coasts Caribbean Sea project will develop Living Labs for coastal ecosystem management using nature-based solutions.
Past event / SEI's Finance for Sustainable Development team explored financing solutions for clean energy in Sub-Saharan Africa at this UN side event.
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