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#loss and damage 新闻
Average demand per application was US$15.9 million, with Asia Pacific requesting the second‑largest share. With just US$250 million available against up to US$3 billion in requests, the Fund Responding to Loss and Damage board meeting in Manila will consider initial funding for Caribbean and African countries.
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Majority of Malaysia’s marine protected areas at risk from oil and gas expansion, warns think tank
An estimated 97 per cent of the country’s biodiverse Marine Protected Areas are at risk of extinction from existing and planned oil and gas projects, according to new analysis by Rimbawatch.
Public asset damage rose to US$96.3 million, against total losses of US$236.3 million last year, a new study showed. Although more than half of victims had adopted proactive measures, only about 5 per cent had insurance coverage and 20 per cent made no prior preparations.
Ensuring funds reach countries most in need, quickly and equitably, is climate finance’s biggest challenge.
#loss and damage 观点
This year’s advisory opinions from two prominent international courts mark a turning point, write two environmental law experts.
The legal future of sinking islands remains uncertain, and their way of life, identity, and culture hangs in the balance.
The International Court of Justice’s landmark opinion means big polluters must answer for climate harm.
碳与气候
Historic ruling finds climate change ‘imperils all forms of life’ and puts laggard nations on notice
In a landmark opinion, the world’s highest court says states must act on climate or risk breaching international law and human rights.
#loss and damage 播客
政策和金融
‘We don’t want to pit adaptation and loss and damage funds against each other’: veteran COP observer
At the close of COP30, nations agreed to triple adaptation finance by 2035, while the fund for loss and damage appeared to remain sidelined. Lidy Nacpil, a long-time attendee of the climate conference, explains why.
政策和金融
‘Never give in to fear’: Nobel peace prize nominee and Filipino Indigenous leader Vicky Tauli Corpuz
In celebration of Indigenous Peoples' month in the Philippines, the former United Nations special rapporteur tells the Eco-Business Podcast about her lifelong work to empower communities in Asia’s most dangerous country for environmental defenders.
#loss and damage 新闻发布稿
Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)
Philippines hosts first regional policy dialogue on loss and damage for Southeast Asia
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
Resilience rising: Targeting transformative disaster risk reduction in Asia-Pacific subregions
#loss and damage 研究
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