Scaling practical solutions for tackling loss and damage in LDCs and SIDS
Channel: IIED
Date: 2023-08-21

This event brought together least developed countries (LDCs) and Small Island Developing States (SIDS) to jointly generate a shared understanding on what is needed to tackle loss and damag.

Tackling loss and damage is not straightforward and there isn’t one solution that fits all. The causes and impacts of loss and damage are highly varied, from sudden climate shocks to long range slow-onset events, and result in economic and non-economic impacts, such as loss of cultural heritage, language or identity.

The International institute for Environment and Development (IIED), in partnership with ICCCAD, Risk-informed Early Action Partnership (REAP) and the British Red Cross, brought together LDCs, SIDS and other actors from vulnerable developing countries. The event featured case studies and reflections from a panel, followed by a discussion about financing these practical loss and damage solutions.

The agenda/speakers

0:00 Introduction
0:04 Tom Mitchell, executive director, IIED

Panel 1 - case studies of practical solutions:
4:27 Saleemul Huq (moderator), director, ICCCAD
6:27 Sheela Patel: founder and director of the Society for the Promotion of Area Resource Centres (SPARC) India
14:14 Ritu Bharadwaj, principal researcher, IIED
24:11 Oenone Chadburn, head of humanitarian and resilience team, Tearfund

Panel 2 - delivering practical solutions at scale
35:32 Ben Webster (moderator), head of secretariat, Risk-informed Early Action Partnership (REAP)
37:23 Dr Christopher Bartlett, head of climate diplomacy, government of Vanuatu
44:49 Kishan Kumarsingh, head MEA Unit, Ministry of Planning and Development, Trinidad and Tobago
55:40 Marek Szilvasi, senior program manager for climate justice, Open Society Foundations

Panel 3 - financing
1:02:41 Claire Clement (moderator), director of law and policy, British Red Cross
1:05:33 Gemma Tanner, senior adaptation advisor, UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO)
1:09:28 Catherine Simonet, adaptation lead, AFD
1:15:57 Sinead Walsh, climate director, department of Foreign Affairs, government of Ireland

This event was part of London Climate Action Week 2023.

More information: https://www.iied.org/scaling-practical-solutions-for-tackling-loss-damage-ldcs-sids

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