Statement of the LDYC for the 8th Board Meeting of the Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage

From 22–24 April, the Board of the Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage (FRLD) will meet in Livingstone, Zambia, following an informal session on 21 April. This is more than another convening—it is a defining moment to determine whether long-standing global commitments on loss and damage will finally translate into real, accessible support for…

Colombia’s Flood Crisis and the Reality of Loss and Damage

Colombia is set to host the first-ever conference on transitioning away from fossil fuels in Santa Marta in April 2026.  This moment is particularly stark given that it comes three years after the establishment of the Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage, and after thirty years of delay in global climate negotiations. Despite this progress…

Climate Change and Flooding: Rising Waters of Nyangara Marsh Devastate Uvira

Context The city of Uvira, in South Kivu, is once again grappling with severe flooding caused by the rising waters of Nyangara Marsh. What was once a seasonal challenge has now evolved into a recurring crisis, intensified by climate change. Increasingly heavy rainfall, unpredictable weather patterns, and rising water levels in Lake Tanganyika and the…

Statement of the LDYC for the 6th Meeting of the Advisory Board of the Santiago Network on Loss & Damage

INTRODUCTION The Santiago Network occupies a distinct and indispensable position within the UNFCCC loss and damage architecture. It is the mechanism for catalyzing technical assistance from Organizations, Bodies, Networks, and Expertise (OBNEs) to developing countries to avert, minimize, and address loss and damage. The network is the operational component of the second function of the…

Empowering Youth for Strategic Advocacy on Loss and Damage

Background The climate crisis is no longer a distant threat—it is a reality affecting billions of people today. Around 3.6 billion people live in areas highly vulnerable to climate impacts such as floods, storms, droughts, and heatwaves, while over 124 million people are affected by climate-related disasters each year. Over the last few decades, these impacts of…

Kicking the can into the storm

Another milestone was reached in December 2025 in the global effort to combat climate change. The Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage (FRLD) officially opened, inviting developing countries to submit funding requests for projects aimed at addressing the irreversible impacts of the climate crisis. For the first time, a dedicated financial mechanism exists to…

Mushrooms and Caterpillars at Risk: Non-Economic Loss and Damage Facing Women and Youth in Yangambi – Why Climate Justice Must Listen to Them?

In the forests of Yangambi, in the Congo Basin, non-timber forest products (NTFPs) such as wild mushrooms and edible caterpillars are deeply embedded in everyday life. For women and young people, these resources are not only sources of food and income; they underpin social roles, unpaid care and labour, intergenerational knowledge, and dignity. As climate…

Assessment of COP30 Outcomes Relative to Our COP30 Technical Demands

Ahead of COP30, the Loss and Damage Youth Coalition — in collaboration with Global Citizen — launched a powerful set of youth-led technical demands rooted in justice, urgency, and the lived experiences of frontline communities. More than 18,000 young people and global citizens added their voices, calling on world leaders to deliver meaningful action on loss and damage, climate…

LDYC’s COP30 Stories Catalogue

Reaction To The Baku-Belem Roadmap to $1.3 Trillion Report

COP29 betrayed our hopes and expectations from a conference held in the spirit of multilateralism. With an enormous gap between the climate finance needed on the ground and the funds delivered by developed countries, COP29 was an opportunity to begin redressing the injustice faced by the most vulnerable countries and communities, which have done the…

Debt Relief to Support Loss and Damage Finance — Now!

“Loss and Damage” refers to the climate change impacts that go beyond what communities can adapt to. Within the Loss and Damage Youth Coalition, we believe there is no climate justice without dedicated finance for Loss and Damage, especially given that the least wealthy in 2019 accounted for only 12% of total greenhouse gas emissions.…

Statement of the LDYC for  the 7th Board Meeting of the Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage

LDYC is a global, youth-led coalition advocating for climate justice through fair and accessible Loss and Damage finance. It amplifies the voices of young people, especially from the Global South and frontline communities, who are disproportionately affected by climate impacts. Through policy advocacy, storytelling, and grassroots mobilisation, the LDYC pushes for accountability from high-emitting countries,…

Key messages of the Loss and Damage Youth Coalition ahead of the 23rd meeting of the Executive Committee of the Warsaw International Mechanism (WIM ExCOM) for Loss and Damage

Loss and Damage is not only a human rights issue; it is the result of 30 years of climate inaction that has caused irreversible impacts to developing countries and frontline communities, who are constantly forced to choose between development and resilience.  The economic and non-economic impacts of the loss and damage disproportionately affect the communities…

Official statement on the Fifth meeting of the Advisory Board of the Santiago Network on Loss & Damage

As a global coalition of over 1,400 young people stretching across 100+ countries, we have been committed since 2020 to holding world leaders accountable on meaningfully addressing loss and damage, which includes amplifying the voices of youth and frontline communities in decision-making processes. This week, from September 2 to 4, the Advisory Board of the…

INC 5.2: Reflection from a Youth Perspective by Nicolas Gaulin

The Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) was created following a request by the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) to the Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). In 2022, UNEA adopted the resolution “Plastic pollution: towards an international legally binding instrument”, which called for the establishment of the INC. The committee was tasked to…