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Loss and Damage Recap Based on April 2025 Updates
April 2025 was a busy month for those working to make loss and damage finance a reality. Here’s a quick rundown of what progressed — and what’s still stuck — in the discussions for Loss & Damage finance Access Full Recap Here Read more
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Statement of the LDYC for the 4th Meeting of the Advisory Board of the Santiago Network on Loss & Damage
The Loss and Damage Youth Coalition was established following COP25, to serve as a global network of young activists, negotiators, storytellers, researchers, and working professionals from the Global South and North. We aim to hold leaders accountable for taking concrete action to address loss and damage, which is the largest intergenerational injustice today. As the… Read more
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Statement of the LDYC Before The 5th Board Meeting of the Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage
The 5th meeting of the Board of the Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage (FRLD) convenes on April 8th in Barbados for its fifth session. This meeting is pivotal as it aims to bring greater clarity to the trajectory of the fund. In the lead-up to this meeting, a proposal for a start-up phase… Read more
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LDYC’s Statement on the $660M Greenpeace SLAPP Verdict
[31st of March, Loss and Damage Youth Coalition] A jury has ruled against Greenpeace entities, holding them liable for over $660 million in a Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation (SLAPP) trial brought by Energy Transfer. This decision is a direct attack on climate activism and an alarming example of how powerful corporations weaponize the legal… Read more
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Assessing Global Youth COP29 Demands: The Gap Between Expectations and Outcomes
The 2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference or Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC, more commonly referred to as COP29, was the 29th United Nations Climate Change conference, held from November 11 until 22nd 2024 in Baku. The coalition developed and launched a set of demands for the conference. This year, our COP29 demands… Read more
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Key Messages For The Fourth Meeting of the Board of the Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage
Just a few days ago at COP 29 in Baku, we witnessed a deeply disappointing outcome on climate finance. For a Conference advertised as the “Climate Finance COP,” COP 29 was expected to deliver a meaningful, achievable, and widely supported financial framework to support developing countries in addressing the devastating consequences of climate change. The… Read more