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Dear Colleagues,

 

Today sees the launch of Addressing loss and damage: practical insights for tackling multi-dimensional risks in LDCs and SIDS, a new IIED report that examines the wide range of ways that loss and damage can affect poor countries, and explains how those risks can be addressed by using diverse measures. 

 

Countries most at risk from the impacts of the climate crisis can best address the losses and damage many are already suffering as a result of climate change by using a diverse range of tools and types of finance.

 

The issue of loss and damage – the impacts of climate change that are so severe humans cannot adapt to them – has risen up the agenda in recent months as multiple examples play out in real time including a crippling drought in the Horn of Africa, flooding and landslides in South Africa and catastrophic storms in Central America.

 

These crises will only increase in scale and severity as the climate continues to warm, exposing billions of people to the ever-growing risk of losing their lives, livelihoods, land and culture.

 

There is an urgent need to address the risks and impacts now, and all parties – governments, finance institutions and civil society – must support the most vulnerable countries to develop robust strategies to address them.

 

You can download the report from IIED's publication's library.

 

Best wishes,

Anne

 

Anne Schulthess (She/her)

Marketing manager

International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)

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