#Flood‑damaged #Nepal wants help from the global #climate #LossandDamage Fund – but it’s waiting, along with 118 other countries

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📢 NEW PAPER: DRIVING THE SYSTEM CHANGE NEEDED TO END #LOSSANDDAMAGE FROM CLIMATE CHANGE ⭐

📜 By Teo Ormond Skeaping, this publication considers what #SystemsChange involves and key opportunities to advance it.

🔗 Read the full paper: www.lossanddamagecollaboration.org/resources/dr...

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📑 BIENNIAL TRANSPARENCY REPORTS (ITEM 4)

Committee members continued refining voluntary BTR guidelines.

The focus: helping developing nations report #LossAndDamage effectively within #UNFCCC transparency frameworks without extra administrative burdens. 📉

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📈 The plan guides countries in preparing funding and technical assistance requests. 💰

🛠️ It offers voluntary tools to integrate #LossAndDamage into national plans. 🛡️

🎯 Key priorities include strengthening funding methodologies and sharing knowledge. 🌐

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🧠 Morning discussions focused on the Action and Support Expert Group (ASEG) draft Plan of Action. 💼

🗣️ ASEG Champions reported that eight of eighteen member slots are currently filled. 👥

📌 Responding to COP 30 mandates, the draft creates tools to assess #LossAndDamage. 🧾

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👋 Join us tomorrow for Day 2 of ExCom 25, where negotiations will continue on BTR guidelines, five-year workplan progress, collaboration across #LossAndDamage bodies, and advancing knowledge tools for frontline climate action! 🌐

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👥 Established at COP 19 🇵🇱, the ExCom guides the implementation of the functions 🧠 of the WIM 🌪️ and implements its work through a five-year rolling work plan. 💪 The ExCom relies on five thematic expert groups, ✏️ which deliver essential #LossAndDamage guidelines, briefs, and knowledge products. 📚

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📜 Faced with a 13-point agenda, the committee adopted its agenda and plunged into Item 4, debating voluntary guidelines for the preparation of Biennial Transparency Reports (BTRs) to ensure developing countries can report #LossAndDamage effectively without heavy administrative burdens. 📊

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🌊DISCUSSING TRANSPARENCY & REPORTING IN MAJURO🇲🇭

🥥That’s a wrap on Day 1 of the 25th mtg of the Executive Committee (#ExCom25) of the Warsaw International Mechanism for #LossAndDamage (WIM) in the Marshall Islands! 🇲🇭

🔎Daily policy updates:
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🇲🇭 Made of low-lying atolls, the Marshall Islands faces severe sea-level rise and coastal erosion. 📈

🌀 Hosting #ExCom25 here highlights how #LossAndDamage threatens frontline survival in real time. 🌊

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📣 ANCHORING #LOSSANDDAMAGE ON CLIMATE FRONTLINES 🌊

🗣️ Highlighting ground realities, Co-Chair Ashley Codner noted: “Being here... has transformed my understanding of what vulnerability means in practice.” 💬

🏝️ #ExCom25 grounds policy directly in lived #Pacific experiences. 🌍

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⚖️ ExCom members are emphasising that voluntary guidelines must be practical, flexible, & non-prescriptive. 💡

🤝 They must respect national capacities without adding heavy reporting burdens. 📋

🔎 Guidelines should also clearly distinguish #LossAndDamage from adaptation.

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📍 Under Item 4 of the agenda, #ExCom25 is working to finalise and endorse voluntary guidelines. 📄

🛠️ These guidelines will help countries collect and manage data for the #LossAndDamage sections of their BTRs.

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💨 BTRs provide a clear picture of national greenhouse gas emissions.

📈 They track progress on climate targets and adaptation efforts. 🛡️

💰 They also outline financial and technical support needed, and can include #LossAndDamage impacts. 🌊

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📃 What are Biennial Transparency Reports (BTRs), why do they matter for #LossAndDamage, and what is being decided at #ExCom25 in Majuro? 🇲🇭

👇 Here is a quick breakdown of the #UN’s transparency backbone and how it impacts frontline climate action.

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📃 Faced with a tentative 13-point agenda 📌, the ExCom will discuss voluntary guidelines for prep for biennial transparency reports 📊, workplan progress, collaboration 🤝 with other #LossAndDamage bodies, and inputs for the 2nd global stocktake. 🌍

#Nepal needs $5bn to rebuild from the #floods.

Oil giants Exxon, Chevron & Shell made $36.5bn profit in the past quarter alone.

The #LossandDamage Fund can provide only up to $20 million in emergency support.

Shared thoughts with @stuti.bsky.social on why this is a test for #climatejustice.

‼️ #LossAndDamage finance can’t be treated as charity or voluntary; it’s an obligation under international law and a matter of responsibility and #HumanRights ‼️
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📣 NEGOTIATING FOR CLIMATE JUSTICE: RAJU PANDIT CHHETRI 🇳🇵

🌍 Many Global Majority negotiators face the heavy burden of experiencing severe climate devastation firsthand. 🏔️ Their communities face total displacement and devastation from #LossAndDamage impacts. 🌀

My latest for @prospectmagazine.co.uk. Over to you, COP31, Türkiye. Pennies in a pot from the global community will no longer cut it. #LossAndDamage #Nepal

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