1/8. 🚨#Pakistan is seeing massive #LossAndDamage from #ClimateChange as rainfall 2.87 X higher than the national 30-year average leads to catastrophic Moonsoon floods in 116 districts.🧵
2/8. As of the 26th of August, @UNOCHA reported that #LossAndDamage totaled 218k houses destroyed, 452K houses damaged, 2M acres of crops impacted, 774k livestock lost, 1343 injured, and a death toll of 937 lives.
4/8. Even if humanitarian relief is swiftly delivered to those impacted — a vital necessity that will save lives in the immediate aftermath — there will be no help from the international community to rebuild infrastructure, recover livelihoods, and rehome those displaced.
6/8. As a member of the G77 & China, #Pakistan called for a #LossAndDamage Finance Facility to be established at #COP26. But this was denied and instead the #GlasgowDialogue — which so far has been nothing more than a "talk-shop" — was established. #BlahBlahBlah
7/8. In this era of #LossAndDamage from #ClimateChange, where catastrophic climate-intensified events will become more frequent and more deadly, #COP27 must deliver finance to address the #LossAndDamage that is already happening at only 1.1°C of warming.
1/18.⚠️USEFUL INFO: The 20th meeting of the Executive Committee (ExCom) of the Warsaw International Mechanism for #LossAndDamage (WIM) will take place from the 12-15th of March in Bonn, Germany 🇩🇪. Here’s some useful context, what to expect and our expectations for #WIMExCom20🧵.
2/18. #WIMExCom20 will take place at Wissenschaftszentrum Bonn with the meeting opening on the 12 March 2024 at 09:00 a.m. CET. The meeting will be hybrid.
3/18. The WIM was established at #COP19 in Warsaw to address #LossAndDamage associated with impacts of #ClimateChange, including extreme weather events and slow onset events, in developing countries that are particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of #ClimateChange.
1/17. Its day twelve —the last official day of #COP28— and it looks like we are headed for overtime! Today was a day of powerful reactions to last nights #GlobalStocktake text which failed to call for a phase out of #FossilFuels. Here are our #LossAndDamage takeaways.🧵
2/17. For our latest analysis of the 5⃣ key #LossAndDamage issues —with accompanying solutions— that we want to see addressed in the new #GST text.
3/17. Running into the early hours of this morning, the Heads of Delegation meeting convened by the @COP28_UAE on yesterdays #GlobalStocktake text saw many countries and groups reject the text for lack of ambition.
1/11.⚡️BREAKING NEWS⚡️: The fifth meeting (#TC5) of the Transitional Committee (TC) of the #LossAndDamage Fund has agreed on recommendations to send to #COP28. However, the US 🇺🇸 says “it is not a consensus document” because they were not in the room when it was adopted.
2/11. The US 🇺🇸stood as the only TC member blocking consensus by asking for last-minute changes to the text when all other TC members had agreed to the “imperfect text”. Having blocked adoption several times, the US left the room when Co-Chairs called for the final time to adopt.
3/11. Following the close of #TC5 the US 🇺🇸 interjected to reject the consensus decision claiming “it is not a consensus document” because they did not provide consent. The Co-Chairs say that they will now reflect that “in the view of the US” it is not a consensus document.
1/10.📢It is day two of the fifth meeting (#TC5) of the Transitional Committee (TC) of the #LossAndDamage Fund in Abu Dhabi, in the United Arab Emirates 🇦🇪. The new text for the #LossAndDamage Fund is out and it is totally ⛔️ unacceptable!
1⃣ The text sees @WorldBank become the interim host of the #LossAndDamage Fund without a clear exit. (Developing countries have been clear, they will only accept the @WorldBank as an interim host with a set of conditions and not forever!).
3/10. 2⃣No clear obligation for developed countries to pay their fair share into the #LossAndDamage Fund.
1/18. The fourth (#TC4) meeting of the Transitional Committee (TC) of the #LossAndDamage Fund ended at 02:30am. TC members could not agree on recommendations to #COP28 on the operationalisation of the #LossAndDamage Fund and have agreed to a fifth meeting (#TC5). Our takeaways.🧵
2/18. The day started with a message from @COP28_UAE President Dr. Sultan bin Ahmed Al Jaber: “We have no choice but to deliver. This is what is expected of us. This is the mandate of this Transitional Committee for #LossAndDamage.”
3/18. The Co-Chairs then introduced a new text. Initial reflections from developing country TC members were that the text lacked “balance” heavily favouring developed country positions. TC members then worked in small (closed) groups for the rest of the day.
1/33. Here are our key takeaways from the first day of the fourth and final meeting of the Transitional Committee (#TC4) of the #LossAndDamage Fund in Aswan, Egypt 🇪🇬.
📼See the webcast from day one here:
📼 Webcast for day two:
2/33. The Co-Chairs started TC4 by sharing their plans for #TC4:
1⃣The first two days of #TC4 will see TC members go through outstanding issues.
2⃣The Co-Chairs will then come back with a proposed text to be considered for the final two days of #TC4.
3/33. The Co-Chairs then invited TC members to be flexible on the outstanding issues for the #LossAndDamage Fund identified in their scenario note.