Loss And Damage
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Debt, heat and uprisings: What Seville failed to solve
The UN Financing for Development Summit failed to deal with the real issue of funding Asian, African and other countries who are hit hardest by the climate crisis yet contribute…
Polluters could pay for deadly KZN flooding
South African law might be used to hold major carbon polluters to account for their role in damaging climate events This content is restricted to registered users and…
COP28 launches loss and damage fund
Germany, the United Kingdom, the United States, Japan and the UAE, plus the European Union, have committed $420 million to the fund, with contributions from other countries…
UN report: Funding gap for adaptation much wider than anticipated
Wealthy nations default on payments for climate adaptation
Global pact needed to reset the climate finance system
The climate-vulnerable island of Barbados has come up with an initiative to do this very thing
Reparations a no-go zone at COP27
Developing nations are calling for the countries most responsible for climate change to pay for loss and damage
Barbara Creecy: South Africa’s stance at the ‘Africa’ COP
Financial commitments and pledges made by developed countries must be honoured and developed countries must offer meaningful and credible support to developing countries
Loss and damage caused by climate crisis must top the COP27 agenda
About 21 million people on the Horn of Africa are projected to be in crises of acute food insecurity between now and the end of the year
Attribution science can help win cases against climate change perpetrators — researchers
If plaintiffs start winning cases against individual polluters, Eskom and Sasol could be sued in South Africa