Praising the decision made at COP27 on loss and damage, Pacific climate champion lamented the failure to achieve emissions targets and the phasing out of fossil fuels
Tag: Loss and Damages
Frontline nations overcome odds to ensure climate justice isn’t lost or damaged at COP27
Pacific civil society groups urged world leaders to phase out all fossil fuels and throw every effort behind to preserve a 1.5-degree lifeline following commitment to a loss and damage finance facility at COP27
Ten years of loss and damage finance = one year of fossil fuel subsidies
A new report by Greenpeace Australia Pacific discovers that one year of fossil fuel subsidies in Australia could fund up to ten years’ worth of loss and damages in Pacific islands
Pacific nations find hope despite pushback on loss and damage
Pacific island nations most likely not to meet goal of loss and damage funding in COP27, but still remain hopeful to achieve it in future global summits
Pacific islanders present historic declaration to leaders at COP27
Pacific island youth present declaration that calls for justice, equity and inclusion for all Pacific communities at the frontlines of being deeply impacted by the climate crisis
Tuvalu’s innovative contingency plan to address scientific predictions of being uninhabitable by 2050
Tuvalu is promoting the new plan that protects the island nation’s maritime boundaries through a Constitution amendment
Our Pacific Islands lost and damaged reality
Pacific demands a dedicated special fund for Loss and Damage at COP27. “We need to fight hard for a financial facility for Loss and Damage.”
COP27 outcome must reflect renewed focus on loss and damage, Tuvalu says
Tuvalu urged an outcome of COP27 that delivers a secure and guaranteed Loss and Damage Financing facility, especially considering the urgency caused by climate change impacts
No more drinking water, little food: our island is a field of bones
Banaba in the central Pacific is a microcosm of what has happened to this planet. It’s a place that cannot be brought back into balance without focused and collaborative care, writes Katerina Teaiwa
Pacific sharpens focus on loss and damage in preparations for COP27
Pacific reiterated the call for new and innovative sources of finance to begin to address the “lived reality for our region” in preparations for COP27