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Policy implications and lessons learned: The Political Economy of Disaster Risk FinancingThis briefing note is based on PhD research that provided a policy and political economy analysis of pre-agreed, more anticipatory disaster financing. It summarises key findings and recommendations for practitioners in the field.
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The Loss and Damage Finance Facility: Why and How Executive SummaryWe are in the era of Loss and Damage (L&D). The hard limits to adaptation are being realised and the scale of the challenge ahead is significant as impacts of climate change are greater than previously expected. At the climate change conference, COP26, the negotiating bloc G77 & China proposed a solution to the gap in finance available to address their needs in the form of a L&D Finance Facility (LDFF). However, agreement could not be secured for the LDFF’s establishment or a process to do so. Instead, the Glasgow Dialogue (GD) was established which presently remains to be defined with clear milestones and outcomes. The objective of this executive summary is to contribute to achieving the establishment and operationalization of an LDFF that delivers on the needs of developing countries at speed and scale by explaining the why and how. For more details and in depth recommendation see the full report with the same title.
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The Loss and Damage Finance Facility: Why and HowWe are in the era of Loss and Damage (L&D). The hard limits to adaptation are being realised and the scale of the challenge ahead is significant as impacts of climate change are greater than previously expected. At the climate change conference, COP26, the negotiating bloc G77 & China proposed a solution to the gap in finance available to address their needs in the form of a L&D Finance Facility (LDFF). However, agreement could not be secured for the LDFF’s establishment or a process to do so. Instead, the Glasgow Dialogue (GD) was established which presently remains to be defined with clear milestones and outcomes. The objective of this paper is to contribute to achieving the establishment and operationalization of an LDFF that delivers on the needs of developing countries at speed and scale by explaining the why and how. The paper explains why the LDFF is necessary before turning to an analysis of the governing arrangements and core operational functions for the LDFF. Scenarios that elucidate the potential transformative value of the LDFF are described before the paper concludes with recommendations and a way forward to COP27 and beyond with the GD delivering concrete actions.
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Systems Evaluation Learning Brief, RE4RThe purpose of this Learning Brief is to share key lessons to inform future efforts to effect systems-level change in humanitarian response seeking to create positive transformational change.
