Thread by @LossandDamage

1/26. It is our pleasure to introduce the #NewGeneration, a group of young negotiators from vulnerable developing countries who are at #COP27. The work to support them is led by @Rininreallife with @MoreCamilla for @IIED and @HeidiMareeWhite for @LossAndDamage.🧵

2/26. Adama Sonia Fatimata Bandé (@adama_sonia) is an environmental lawyer specialising in environmental and social safeguarding from #Burkina Faso where she works on rural electrification projects and is a #ClimateChange researcher.

3/26. Based in Ouagadougou Adama is following #LossAndDamage for Burkina Faso at #COP27 and is supported by @Irish_Aid through @IIED.

4/26. Justina Aurea da Costa Belo (@justina_aurea) is a consultant for the Montreal Protocol for the National Directorate of #ClimateChange in #TimorLeste. She coordinates the #NewGeneration.

5/26. Based in Dili, Justina is following #LossAndDamage and finance for #TimorLeste at #COP27 and is funded by @Oxfamgb.

6/26. Adeline Cyuzuzo (@adelinecyuzuzo) is an environmentalist and works with both @LossDamageYouth and @TheProtectorRw. Based in Kigali Adeline is following finance for #Rwanda at #COP27 and is funded by @GermanyinRwanda.

7/26. Alpha Amadou Diallo (@Alpha_Djalon) is a mining engineer with a focus on environmental issues. In his role managing projects including for Green Transformation 2050 a CSO in #Guinea, he focuses on environmental impact assessment and conservation.

8/26. Based in Conakry, Alpha is following #LossAndDamage for #Guinea at #COP27 and is supported by @boell_us.

9/26. Yared Abera Dame (@YaredAberaInt) is a research analyst at @WRIClimate and director @TheYouthPrint, an Ethiopian youth-led CSO creating innovative youth-led projects. Based in Addis Ababa, he is following #LossAndDamage for #Ethiopia at #COP27 & is supported by @WRIClimate.

10/26. Jefferson Estela (@jepestela) is #ClimateActivist and community organiser as well as a visual artist from the #Philippines. He is Southeast Asia and Pacific Coordinator of @LossDamageYouth.

11/26. Based in the #Philippines, Jeff is focusing his work at #COP27 outside the negotiations to amplify the voices of the most vulnerable. He is supported through @LossDamageYouth by the Climate Emergency Collaboration Group (CECG).

12/26. Honorine Isingizwe is an environmentalist and climate scientist. She is the co-founder and Executive Director of Young Volunteers for the Environment. Based in #Kigali, she is following #Adaptation and #Agriculture for #Rwanda at #COP27 and is funded by @EUinRwanda.

13/26. Sandra Isingizwe is a community mobiliser at @TheProtectorRw and part of @LossDamageYouth training working group. Based in #Kigali, she is following Action for #Climate Empowerment at #COP27 and is supported by @Irish_Aid through @IIED.

14/26. Olivier Ishimwe is an environmentalist and #ClimateActivist and Communication Officer with @TheProtectorRw. Based in #Kigali he is following Article 6 under the #ParisAgreement for #Rwanda at #COP27 and is supported by @Irish_Aid through @IIED.

15/26. Eva Peace Mukayiranga (@MukayirangaEva) is Finance Officer @TheProtectorRw co-founder and coordinator of training with @LossDamageYouth and co-coordinates #LossAndDamage finance project for @LossAndDamage.

16/26. Based in Kigali, Eva is following finance for #Rwanda at #COP27 and is funded by the Commonwealth Foundation (@commonwealthorg).

17/26. Willy Missack (@missack_willy) is an advisor to the Vanuatu Climate Action Network (VCAN) among many other hats he wears in his work on #ClimateChange. Based in #Vanuatu he is following #LossAndDamage.

18/26. Brenda Mwale (@brendamwale3) works with @GirlsPlatform and @UNICEF and is also part of @LossDamageYouth. Based in #Malawi she is following #LossAndDamage for #Malawi at #COP27 and is funded through @LossDamageYouth by @IIED.

19/26. Hyacinthe Niyitegeka (@nhyacinthe791) is a water scientist from #Rwanda. She is a coordinator at @LossandDamage and co-founder of @LossDamageYouth where she co-leads their advocacy work. She is also part of @TheProtectorRw.

20/26. Based in #Kigali Hyacinthe is following #LossAndDamage for #Rwanda at #COP27 and is funded by @Irish_Aid through @IIED.

21/26. Prakriti Koirala (@prakriti054) s involved in #Research and #ClimateActivism in #Nepal. Based in Kathmandu, Prakriti is following the #LossAndDamage negotiations at #COP27 and is supported by the @IIED.

22/26. We are extremely grateful to the Climate Emergency Collaboration Group (CECG) as well as @BROT_furdiewelt and @boell_us for making this work possible.

23/26. We are also grateful to all of those who have championed the #NewGeneration including @SabineMinninger, @liane_boell, @YDagnet, @glcoops, as well as Sarah Millar and Albert Nzamukwereka.

24/26. We would also like to thank @IIED, @boell_us, @IrishAid, @OxfamGB, @commonwealthorg, @CJRFund, @EUinRwanda, and @GermanyinRwanda, for their support to allow the #NewGeneration to be at #COP27.

25/26. We are also grateful to @MoreCamilla of @IIED who is valued member of the support team to the #NewGeneration for the invaluable support she is providing on the ground in #SharmElSheikh.

26/26. To find out more about the #NewGeneration and @lossanddamage's support centre for both young and senior negotiators from the #GlobalSouth please visit our Support Center web page.

🔗lossanddamagecollaboration.org/support-centre