Loss and Damage Collaboration (L&DC)
@lossanddamage
Global network of 300+ decision-makers, researchers, lawyers, activists and artists working to support those impacted by #LossAndDamage from the #ClimateCrisis.
5/5 ❓ How has this landmark ruling shifted your day-to-day advocacy, policy work, or campaign demands over the past year? 🤔
4/5 📖 Find out what the Advisory Opinion means for #LossAndDamage in our analysis here: www.lossanddamagecollaboration.org/resources/wh... 💡 📷 Photo credits to Ray Campbell of Pacific Community (SPC)
3/5 🏛️ On 20 May 2026, the #UN General Assembly adopted the resolution welcoming this opinion, cementing global political agreement around these binding obligations. 🌐 📜 Read all 140 pages of the AO here: www.icj-cij.org/sites/defaul... 📚
2/5 🙏 We warmly thank PISFCC, @wy4cj.bsky.social, Blue Ocean Law, and countless allies—from Pacific Islanders, youth, Indigenous Peoples, and frontline communities—for their tireless work in achieving this landmark legal victory for #ClimateJustice. ✨
1/5 📣 ONE YEAR AGO TODAY ✊ 🌏 Today marks one year since the International Court of Justice delivered its historic #AdvisoryOpinion on #ClimateChange, 🎂 bringing unprecedented legal clarity to States' obligations on climate change. 🕊️ #FromWordsToAction
1/4 📣 NEGOTIATING FOR CLIMATE JUSTICE: ELENA PEREIRA OF HONDURAS 🇭🇳 💼 For negotiators from the #GlobalSouth, long periods away, demanding schedules, and the weight of representing entire nations often mean families don't fully understand the pressures they carry.
4/4 👋 See you at the tenth meeting (B10), rescheduled from early October to 15 - 18 December, 2026, in Manila, Philippines. 🇵🇭
3/4 ⚙️ The FRLD is an operating entity of the financial mechanism of the #UNFCCC and #ParisAgreement that provides vital financial support to countries hit hardest by climate disasters. 🌪️ It focuses on operationalising resources 💰 to help vulnerable communities address #LossAndDamage. 🌱
📰 Didn’t have time to follow? Find our daily policy updates here: www.lossanddamagecollaboration.org/resources/da... 🔎 Read our key messages to the Board here: www.lossanddamagecollaboration.org/resources/ke... 🔑
1/4 📣 B9: DECISIONS DELAYED 😶 🥥 The ninth Board meeting (B9) of the Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage, taking place in Manila, Philippines, is now over. 🇵🇭 🎠 Check out our highlights!
1/5 📣 FINAL STRETCH AT B9 IN MANILA 🕒 🇵🇭 The ninth Board meeting (#B9) of the Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage (FRLD) is slowly wrapping up in Manila, Philippines! As we enter the closing hours, final decisions are still being discussed. 💬🗨️
1/5 📣 DAY 3 & LAST OF THE 9TH BOARD MEETING OF THE FUND FOR RESPONDING TO LOSS AND DAMAGE 🤝 🌀 As Board members & observers gather for Day 3 of #B9 of the FRLD in the #Philippines, Super Typhoon #Inday (#Bavi) is unleashing an unprecedented swell across the country’s eastern islands.
5/5 📰 Didn’t have time to follow? Find our daily policy updates here: www.lossanddamagecollaboration.org/resources/da... 🔎 Read our key messages to the Board here: www.lossanddamagecollaboration.org/resources/ke... 🔑
4/5 It focuses on operationalising resources 💰 to help vulnerable communities address #LossAndDamage. 🌱 👋 Join us tomorrow for Day 3 (and last) of B9, where the Board will race to adopt key decisions for the further operationalisation of the BIM and other issues.
3/5 ⚙️ The Fund for Responding to Loss & Damage is an operating entity of the financial mechanism of the #UNFCCC & #ParisAgreement that provides vital financial support to countries hit hardest by climate disasters. 🌪️
2/5 📜 Most of today’s session happened behind closed doors, away from the live broadcast. However, once the session was reopened to observers in the final hours of the day, the Board discussed the Country Support System, & the updated list of accredited entities. 📈
1/5 📣 BETWEEN CLOSED DOORS AND OPEN DISCUSSIONS ON DAY 2 OF FRLD B9 😶 🍐 We’re two-thirds through the Ninth Board meeting (B9) of the Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage, taking place in Manila, Philippines 🇵🇭
📣 RAISING THE COUNTRY SUPPORT SYSTEM AT B9 🪂 🇵🇭 The ninth meeting of the Board (B9) of the Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage (FRLD) is underway in Manila, Philippines, driving vital negotiations in part to operationalise the Country Support System (CSS).
1/3 📣 B9 EXPOSES THE MASSIVE LOSS AND DAMAGE FINANCE GAP 📉 🇵🇭 The ninth meeting of the Board (B9) of the Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage (FRLD) is currently underway in Manila, Philippines, driving intense negotiations to operationalise critical #ClimateFinance. 🗺️
1/5 📣 DAY 2 OF THE FRLD B9 🤝 💧 As Board members gather for the second day of the ninth Board meeting (B9) of the Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage (FRLD) in the Philippines, the country braces for the impacts of Super Typhoon Inday (Bavi) - just weeks after Typhoon Francisco (Mekkhala).
4/4 👋 Join us tomorrow for Day 2 of B9, where discussions will continue on the various aspects of the operationalisation of the Barbados Implementation Modalities.
3/4 ⚙️ The FRLD is an operating entity of the financial mechanism of the #UNFCCC and #ParisAgreement that provides vital financial support to countries hit hardest by climate disasters. 🌪️ It focuses on operationalising resources 💰 to help vulnerable communities address #LossAndDamage. 🌱
2/4 🔎 Read our key messages to the Board here: www.lossanddamagecollaboration.org/resources/ke... 🔑 📜 Despite the heavy 19-point (revised) agenda & lengthy exchanges, Board members and reps discussed a number of key issues, ranging from Secretariat reports, budgets, and the commitment authority. 📈
1/4 🥭 That’s a wrap on Day 1 of 3 of the Ninth Board meeting (B9) of the Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage taking place in Manila, Philippines 🇵🇭 📰 Didn’t have time to follow? Find our daily policy updates here: www.lossanddamagecollaboration.org/resources/da...
1/5 📣 DAY 1 OF THE NINTH BOARD MEETING OF THE FUND FOR RESPONDING TO LOSS AND DAMAGE 🎉 💧 Good afternoon from humid Manila! The streets are bustling as Board members and observers gather for the first day of the ninth Board meeting (B9) of the Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage (FRLD).🌍
1/2. 📣NEGOTIATING FOR CLIMATE JUSTICE: VICENTE PAOLO YU OF THE PHILIPPINES🇵🇭 💼Developing country negotiators face a stark dual reality. 🌍They must navigate a complex, technical landscape while witnessing the raw #ClimateCrisis on the frontlines they call home.🌪️
3/3 🏗️ This eighth meeting will focus in part on operationalising the Barbados Implementation Modalities and strengthening the Country Support System. 📜 The goal is to move money quickly to the frontlines facing the #ClimateCrisis. 💸 🔽Our key priorities:
💰 The latest round of negotiations for the #UNTaxConvention was held last week in #NewYork. 📷 This is a historic intl effort to establish a more inclusive global tax system by shifting the authority for setting intl tax standards from the @oecd-ocde.bsky.social to the United Nations. 1/3
8/8. 🤨 We know there are enough resources in the world for everyone to thrive 🤗. It’s high time to move the money. ↩️💰↪️
1/8. 🗣️ The Board for the Fund for Responding to #LossAndDamage (#FRLD) has appointed new Co-Chairs for the year ahead. Photos by IISD/ENB | Mike Muzurakis