1/12. 📜It’s week two of #COP27 and things are heating up! We’d like to take this opportunity to introduce some new language on #LossAndDamage finance that we are going to start using to support developing countries and would encourage others to do the same. Image
2/12.We've been following the discussions on “matters relating to funding arrangements responding to #LossAndDamage associated with the adverse impacts of #ClimateChange, including a focus on addressing #LossAndDamage” which we are calling funding arrangements for #LossAndDamage.
3/12. At #COP26 in #Glasgow, the G77 and China called for the establishment of the Glasgow #LossAndDamage Finance Facility. In support of this demand, civil society has been calling for a #LossAndDamageFinance facility ever since.

🔗us.boell.org/en/2022/05/31/…
4/12. In October @AOSIS_chair launched its call for a “fit for purpose, multilateral fund, designated as an operating entity of the Financial Mechanism of the @UNFCCC” which they called the "#LossAndDamage Response Fund".
5/12. The fund would be established at #COP27 and operationalised by #COP28 with an ad-hoc committee established to guide intercessional work including to link to and engage with the #GlasgowDialogue on #LossAndDamage.

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6/12. With week two of #COP27 underway all developing countries are now calling for an “operating entity for addressing #LossAndDamage under the Financial Mechanism of the @UNFCCC" to be established here in #SharmElSheikh.
7/12. To align with this call we are adopting this language (which we know is highly technical and convoluted) and we would encourage others to do so in their advocacy work on #LossAndDamage finance here at #COP27.
8/12.So what is the difference between the facility, fund or operating entity? The answer is they are different words or phrases to describe the same thing: an “operating entity under the Financial Mechanism” would still mobilise and channel finance for addressing #LossAndDamage.
9/12. Whether the operating entity is a fund like the @theGCF or a facility like the @theGEF "an operating entity under the Financial Mechanism of the @UNFCCC" will focus on mobilising and channelling finance for addressing #LossAndDamage to vulnerable developing countries.
10/12. We are using this language to align with the language used by the G77 & China and to not get bogged down with whether the "operating entity" will be called a "fund" or a "facility" so that we can focus on mobilising finance to meet the needs of front line communities.
11/12. Q. Why should we use this new language?
A. We should ideally use “operating entity” because we must align our advocacy with the #LossAndDamage solutions that developing countries are proposing in the negotiating rooms on behalf of those most impacted by the #ClimateCrisis.
12/12. 📜Find out more about #LossAndDamage below:

🚨Live doc with the latest on L&D: docs.google.com/document/d/1Q9…

📸#LossAndDamage cheat sheet for journalists: docs.google.com/document/d/1aO…

🧑‍🎓And learn more about #LossAndDamage here: lossanddamagecollaboration.org/whatislossandd… Image

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1/13.📜NEW BLOG: A new blog by members of @LossandDamage explains where the phrase “mosaic of solutions” comes from and how it captures the need to mobilise action and support on all fronts (both inside & outside the @UNFCCC) to address #LossAndDamage.

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3/18. Crucially, all of this money is new and on top of #Denmark’s 🇩🇰 0.7% commitment to ODA, therefore not a diversion of cash from other vital #ClimateFinance projects.
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3/4. "And to start thinking of innovative ways to start funding #LossAndDamage, because we know that funding for #LossAndDamage does not need to come only from public sources, but it also needs to come from the private sector and #Philanthropies."
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