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Loss and damage was first raised as an issue by the highly vulnerable countries of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS), who, as early as 1991 highlighted the need for “an International Climate Fund to finance measures to counter the adverse consequences of climate change and a separate International Insurance Pool to provide financial insurance against the consequences of sea level rise”…

Migration flows dropped by at least one-third in 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic Permanent migration flows to OECD countries declined by more than 30% in 2020, to about 3.7 million – the lowest level since 2003. This drop could be as much as 40%, depending on which factors are taken into account. All categories of permanent migration experienced a drop in 2020, with…

The Earth is in a state of emergency. The past three years have seen the ever-worsening climate crisis, environmental destruction, competition for resources, conflict, social unrest — and now a global pandemic. With all of these issues clamouring for immediate attention, it is easy to miss the common theme: LAND. Many of the solutions to the world’s problems lie right…

This report highlights the state of climate risk regulation in Africa’s financial sector and presents an analysis of the financial stability architecture and climate risk initiatives in 12 selected deep-dive countries. It also highlights challenges hindering the integration of climate risk by financial sector authorities in Africa and offers potential areas of support for the key stakeholders in…

GEO for Cities aims to inform, engage and support dialogue among decision makers and other actors involved in urban issues. The GEO-6 report identified urbanization as one of five main drivers of environmental change and also looked at the impact on cities and city residents of related challenges such as climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution. The GEO for Cities looks at these issues but…

In addition to amplifying extreme weather events, climate change also causes or intensifies slow-onset processes such as sea-level rise, desertification, biodiversity loss or permafrost thaw. Both types of climate change impacts cause loss and damage, impede the enjoyment of human rights and can be drivers for human mobility. In contrast to extreme weather events, dealing with loss and damage…