COP27: Operationalising finance for loss and damage: examples from Africa and the Caribbean

Loss & Damage Official Side Event at COP27

Title: Operationalising finance for loss and damage: examples from Africa and the Caribbean

Date: 10th November 2022
Time: 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM (Eastern Europe Standard Time)

Location: COP27 Blue Zone, Room Memphis (300), Sharm-el-Sheikh, Egypt
Virtual: Event will be livestreamed on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/c/UnfcccInt/streams)

Description: This event will chart pathways forward for delivering financial support to victims of loss and damage. In two discussion panels, it will discuss research findings on potential sources, modalities and structures for L&D finance, with insights on local needs and action from Africa and the Caribbean.

Organizers: Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI), International Youth and Student Movement for the United Nations (ISMUN), International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), Pan African Climate Justice Alliance (PACJA), Overseas Development Institute (ODI), Stop Climate Chaos Scotland (SCCS)

Maite Rodriguez Blandon, Founder-Director of Fundacion Guatemala and a member of Huairou’s Governing Council will be speaking at this event.