How should the Philippines access the Loss and Damage Fund?

How should the Philippines access the Loss and Damage Fund?

We are on the clock. Back-to-back typhoons Tino (Kalmaegi) and Uwan (Fung-wong) was a painful reminder that while our government is failing to punish the corrupt and their enablers for anomalies in flood control projects, extreme flooding will not stop hitting our communities anytime soon.   The impacts of the climate crisis will continue to hit our nation — droughts, strong storms, sea level rise, among others. These are consequences of develop…

CJRF’s blueprint for climate finance: How community leadership can save the Loss and Damage Fund from failure

The global climate agenda often orbits around colossal numbers: the $100 billion required annually to address the losses and damages incurred by climate change, or the $788.8 million recently pledged to the new Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage (FRLD). But while these figures mark necessary policy milestones, they often obscure the most critical, […]