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Loss and Damage Collaboration (L&DC)
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Global network of 300+ decision-makers, researchers, lawyers, activists and artists working to support those impacted by #LossAndDamage from the #ClimateCrisis.

https://www.lossanddamagecollaboration.org/
37/37. 🌈#COP30 has taken us closer to the world we want—a world in which all humans 🧑‍🌾, species🐘 and ecosystems 🌴 are thriving on a healthy planet 🌏— but much work lies ahead. 💪 Join us! 😎
November 23, 2025 at 5:31 PM
36/37. 😲Otherwise countries 🌎 and communities 🧑‍🌾 on the frontlines will continue to face escalating #LossAndDamage with every increment of warming 🌡️without support. 🚫💰🏗️ This injustice 🚫⚖️ will mean they will continue to pick up the bill 💸for a crisis they did not cause. 😭
November 23, 2025 at 5:31 PM
35/37. 📢Developed countries must therefore significantly increase 📈 their efforts to meet their obligations 💰 under the UNFCCC and its #ParisAgreement and international law as reaffirmed by the #ICJAO, to urgently scale up #LossAndDamage finance 💰 and support 💪.
November 23, 2025 at 5:31 PM
34/37. 🔎Only 20 million Euro has been pledged to the FRLD by Spain and only Switzerland, the host of the Santiago Network, has contributed 1 million Swiss Francs to the network. 😢
November 23, 2025 at 5:31 PM
33/37. 😢Yet at COP30, we saw the continuation of a worrying trend, despite clear calls to #FillTheFund and to contribute to the Santiago Network 🌐, pledges for #LossAndDamage were dismal 😭.
November 23, 2025 at 5:31 PM
32/37. 📢However, with out a significant increase of #LossAndDamage finance 📈, the WIM, its Executive Committee 🤓 and Santiago Network🌐 and the FRLD 💰, will not be able to meet the scale of the #LossAndDamage needs ❤️‍🩹 of those on the frontlines. 🏝️🗻🏜️
November 23, 2025 at 5:31 PM
31/37. 😎The progress made on #LossAndDamage 🔥 at #COP30 is welcome news 👏 and we look forward to the urgent implementation ⏰of these decisions. ⚙️
November 23, 2025 at 5:31 PM
30/37. ✊Whilst there is no mention of the #ICJAO any #COP30 decision —the obligations of States remain unchanged. 🧑‍⚖️

🔗Find out more about the #LossAndDamage implications on the #ICJAO here: www.lossanddamagecollaboration.org/resources/th...
November 23, 2025 at 5:31 PM
29/37. ⚖️At #COP30 the #ICJAO made an impact 🎯 across the COP from press conferences, to side events and the negotiating rooms where both Parties and civil society called for decisions to align 🔗 with the findings of the ICJAO.
November 23, 2025 at 5:31 PM
28/37. 👨‍⚖️This was the first COP since the delivery of the International Court of Justice’s (ICJ) Advisory Opinion on Climate Change (#ICJAO) ⚖️. The #ICJAO has clarified that #ClimateAction is not optional — it's the law. 📢
November 23, 2025 at 5:31 PM
27/37. 💡It is also an important opportunity for developing countries to demonstrate how the Fund can deliver community access 🧑‍🌾 and rapidly release ⏰ funds by putting in place national financial arrangements, despite the FRLD itself not being able to do this under the BIM. 👍
November 23, 2025 at 5:31 PM
26/37. 🎯However, the BIM provides a critical opportunity for the FRLD to learn through doing at the same time as the Fund’s Board works to develop its long term policies 📜 in parallel.
November 23, 2025 at 5:31 PM
25/37. 👏Whilst we welcome the launch of the call for funding request by the FRLD, 📢250 million USD is just a drop 💧 in the ocean compared to what is needed 💰— scientists project that developing countries need 395 billion USD in 2025 alone. 🤯
November 23, 2025 at 5:31 PM
24/37. 💰A total of 250 million USD is allocated to the BIM and once the call for funding requests officially opens on the 15th of December 🗓️ developing countries will have six months ⏰ to submit their funding request for projects and programs of between 5-20 million USD. 💸
November 23, 2025 at 5:31 PM
23/37. 📩The FRLD launched the call 📢 for funding requests for its start up phase —the Barbados Implementation Modalities (BIM).

🔗Find out more here: frld.org/nodebim
November 23, 2025 at 5:31 PM
22/37. ✊ A just transition is essential to ensure a fair ⚖️, fast ⏰, feminist ✊ and funded 💰 phase out of fossil fuels 🏭 keeps #GlobalWarming below the 1.5°C survival limit. 🌡️ 📢Without it, the risk of existential #LossAndDamage increases significantly 📈.
November 23, 2025 at 5:31 PM
21/37. ⚖️A #JustTransition mechanism has been established —which many had been calling for under the name Belém Action Mechanism (BAM) 💥— to implement a just and equitable transition away from fossil fuels. 👏

🔗See the decision text here: unfccc.int/sites/defaul...
November 23, 2025 at 5:31 PM
20/37. 🔗Find out more here: fossilfueltreaty.org/first-intern...
November 23, 2025 at 5:31 PM
19/37. 😎However, the launch of the “Belém Declaration” by Colombia 🇨🇴 at #COP30, a parallel process calling for a roadmap to phase out fossil fuels intended to strengthen UNFCCC outcomes, 💪 sends an important signal 📡 that there is growing consensus on ending fossil fuel dependency.
November 23, 2025 at 5:31 PM
18/37. This is a disappointing outcome, without mitigation 🚫🏭 and adaptation 🏗️🏝️, #LossAndDamage will continue to escalate 📈 in a warming world 🌡️.
November 23, 2025 at 5:31 PM
17/37. 🏗️On adaptation, the text only calls for efforts to at least triple adaptation finance by 2035 💰 in the context of the #NCQG. A decision that does not 🚫 deliver adaptation finance 💰🏝️ at the speed needed or guarantees that high quality finance 💰that won’t increase debt.📈
November 23, 2025 at 5:31 PM
16/37. 🚫☀️There is also no concrete plan to phase out fossil fuels 🛢️to limit warming to the 1.5°C survival limit 🌡️ and no mention of "fossil fuels" 🚫⛽️ despite parties committing to transition away from fossil fuels 🏭 at #COP28. 🤯
November 23, 2025 at 5:31 PM
15/37. 🔗Find the decision text here: unfccc.int/sites/defaul...

🚫💰However, like the WIM review and the guidance to the FRLD 🎯, there is no commitment calling on developed countries to actually scale up #LossAndDamage finance 💰 and support.
November 23, 2025 at 5:31 PM
14/37. ⛈️On the #GlobalMutirão, the decision recognises the urgent need to scale up action and support to avert (through mitigation 🚫🏭), minimise (through adaptation 🏗️🏝️) and address #LossAndDamage ❤️‍🩹💰and the inclusion of #LossAndDamage in Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) 🎯.
November 23, 2025 at 5:31 PM
13/37. 😃However, the WIM review contains many important elements that will enhance the functions of the WIM 💪 and the effectiveness of the Santiago Network 📡, whilst strengthening collaboration 🤝, coherence and coordination 🔗 between the ExCom 🤓 and the Santiago Network 🌐 and its Advisory Board 🗣️.
November 23, 2025 at 5:31 PM