Global Youth Coalition Calls on Youths to Sign Its Bonn Climate Change Conference (SB 58) Demands.

Grace Ineza, Elizabeth Wathuti, and Vanessa Nakate during the Global Citizen Action Summit 2023 Overview of the Bonn Climate Change Conference The Bonn Climate Change Conference, also known as the UNFCCC Subsidiary Body sessions, is an annual event that brings together the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) and the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological…

Youth Climate Activists Urge International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group to Step up and Provide Finance for the Loss and Damage Fund

As the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank Group (WBG) gather for their 2023 Spring Meetings, climate activists from the Loss and Damage Youth Coalition (LDYC) call for bold action from these institutions to tackle the climate crisis by scaling up climate finance and debt relief. The latest sixth assessment report of the…

LDYC’s Reflection on IPCC’s Climate Change 2023: Synthesis Report

The Loss and Damage Youth Coalition is happy to announce the release of its reflection on the IPCC’s recent report released in March 2023. The IPCC finalized the Synthesis Report for the Sixth Assessment Report during the Panel’s 58th Session held in Interlaken, Switzerland, from 13 – 19 March 2023. The Synthesis Report is based…

LDYC’s Observations on the Outcomes of the 18th Meeting of the WIM ExCom

Brief Overview As per the Excom member mandate, ExCom members meet at least twice yearly in the open-to-observer meeting. From the 28th of February to the 3rd of March, they convened its 18th conference in Manila, Philippines. Some agenda items discussed include ‘matters relating to the Santiago network’; ‘cooperation with the Subsidiary Body of Implementation…

LDYGC Announces the Eleven Winners of $150,000 Loss and Damage Grant

Loss and damage refer to the negative impacts of climate change not avoided through mitigation and adaptation. This can include loss of farmable land due to seawater rise or loss of life and ways of living due to increasingly severe natural disasters. Without investment to address loss and damage, young people will face the most…

LnDFinanceNow! Podcast Ep 3: LDYC Launches its Demands for COP27

Now more than ever, the stakes are high. Climate change and loss and damage have no respect for borders or boundaries, race, nationalities, religion, or color. Today’s youth and future generations will have to bear the increasing burden of loss and damage which is why we all have to act now and fast. The Loss…

LnDFinanceNow! Podcast Ep 2: Climate Financing and Loss and Damage With Shraddha

Climate financing refers to local, national, or international financial assistance for the necessary activities to address climate change. Everything from national policy-making to the grassroots adjustments that tangibly improve people’s lives and well-being in the face of climate change is impacted by it. And the funding may either come from private or public sources. Climate…

LnDFinanceNow! Podcast Episode 1 with Grace Ineza

Listen to Grace Ineza, Global Coordinator for LDYC, talk about loss and damage on episode 1 of the Loss and Damage Finance Podcast. In introducing our podcast, it is essential to know that our work at the core is amplifying the awareness of loss and damage from climate change and the action of loss and…

Demystifying the Loss and Damage Youth Grantmaking Council (LDYGC)

Did you hear about the Loss and Damage grant which was launched on the 22nd of September 2022 and wondered how it came about, how decisions will be made etc? no worries this blog is for you Overview of the Loss and Damage Youth Grantmaking Council (LDYGC) The Loss and Damage Youth Grantmaking Council (LDYGC)…

Youth Demands for the Conference of Parties 27 (COP27)

Youth climate activists from around the world are demanding justice and actions to address climate-induced loss and damage (L&D) from parties at COP27. Their campaign is on social media, using the hashtag #LossAndDamageFinanceNow! and lossanddamagefinancenow.org Loss and Damage refers to the most severe impacts of climate change. From Bangladesh to Guyana, countries and communities around…

LDYC Youths Speak : Episode Three

The Loss and Damage Youth Coalition met with the COP27 Presidency team in July and prior to the meeting, a few Members of the Loss and Damage Youth Coalition addressed some quotes and stories to decision-makers and the COP27 presidency team. They presented diverse viewpoints all targeted at ensuring different requirements for concrete actions on…

The Loss and Damage Youth Coalition Launches the Loss and Damage Grant

Through the Loss and Damage Youth Coalition’s partnership with the Climate Justice Resilience Fund, it will support 10 organizations with $10,000 and 1 organization with $50,000 to enhance their efforts in addressing Loss and Damage.As a result, it calls on organizations from the global North and south to apply. Read through the application guide below…

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