On July 14th, 2022 U.S senator of West Virginia, Joe Manchin made it clear that he is not ready to support a package with climate and environmental justice investments, as the U.S senate was called to negotiate on a bill that included ambitious climate change legislation. The plan set an objective of 300bn dollars in …
Youths globally are facing the brute impacts of climate change, especially in frontline communities. The mini-documentary below highlights the envisaged impacts of climate change in Hailuogou China.
The Loss and Damage Youth Coalition (LDYC) invites the global youth community interested in sharing their lived experience of climate change impacts with the purpose of advancing efforts to achieve climate justice and advocating for action to address loss and damage to participate in our storytelling cohorts. The first cohort is from 19th July to 22nd …
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Youth climate activists release an open letter demanding that the COP27 Presidency take action to address climate-induced loss and damage. Read the open letter: Here Flooding from heavy rain has destroyed communities’ crops and houses, and roads, and, most tragically, resulted in people losing their lives, whilst leaving many others homeless and fearful. Poor communities …
In late January, I texted a friend in Malawi to see how she was doing. She replied that it was raining heavily at the time and that her phone battery was about to die due to a power outage caused by the rain. Flooding from such heavy rain destroyed communities’ crops and houses, roads, and, …
The final draft of the report on the Warsaw International Mechanism is out and this covers the evaluation of the mechanism’s performance. The Loss and Damage Youth Coalition developed this report by building on the research commissioned by Practical Action and conducted by independent researchers from the University College London (UCL). The metrics used are …
Wednesday evening just like any other day in Malaysia that I’ve become used to, a thunderstorm erupts. I stared out my window and my eyes met the ominous sky, flashing lights illuminating the sky, and thunderous booms that shook the whole house. From where I was standing I was also able to see the riverbank …
Humanity faces a hellish array of horrors if climate change continues unchecked, according to a new report by the panel of experts convened by the United Nations to inform governments’ climate policies. Sea levels could rise several feet. Fires, floods and famines could force millions of people to flee their homes. Large swathes of the …
Loss and Damage Youth Coalition (LDYC) Youth organizations worldwide are urging governments to prioritize Loss and Damage (L&D) in the upcoming COP26 negotiations and to redirect global public finance to those countries in the Global South and frontline communities that are disproportionately affected by climate change impacts. October 25, 2021 – “The IPCC report from …
Like the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change is hindering livelihoods in agriculture and tourism among other sectors. Few opportunities is one factor that influences political tension and provokes conflict. As members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization understand, forced migration is a subsequent consequence. As developed nations among those largely responsible for climate change, these nations …
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