loss and damage

Zoha Shawoo in Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists: 4 ways Loss and Damage can address local needs

Media coverage / COP28 opened with a breakthrough decision on Loss and Damage. SEI's Zoha Shawoo co-authors a piece on how the fund can address local crises.

“It’s unprecedented”: Zoha Shawoo breaks down COP28’s loss and damage decision

Feature / SEI Scientist and Zoha Shawoo puts the COP28 loss and damage decision into perspective, saying it is both significant and inadequate for the scale of need.

Our guide to COP28

Feature / Find background and contacts for SEI's involvement at the COP28 UN climate change conference taking place from 30 November to 12 December 2023 in Dubai.

Loss and damage and climate finance – Tracking progress towards 2030

SEI podcast / In this episode, our focus shifts to loss and damage and climate finance – two topics expected to take centre stage at COP28 negotiations.

Now and then

Podcast series / A podcast series where we dive into some of the most urgent and complex challenges in global climate policy.

Shifting power through participation in post-disaster recovery: a scoping review

Journal article / Disaster recovery and research have failed to sufficiently analyse power dynamics and social processes related to participation, according to a new review.

Breakthrough decision on loss and damage draws on SEI research

Feature / COP27 delivered a historic decision to establish a loss and damage fund for nations hard hit by climate change impacts. SEI contributed to this decision.

Operationalizing the Loss and Damage Fund: learning from the perspectives of funders and potential recipients

SEI brief / This brief summarizes recommendations about how the new Loss & Damage Fund can best help vulnerable countries respond to and recover from climate impacts.

Operationalizing the Loss and Damage Fund: learning from the intended beneficiaries

Other publication / This report offers recommendations on how to operationalize a new global loss and damage fund from the perspectives of intended beneficiaries.