7/8.🧐 We look forward to their leadership in ensuring that the #FRLD is not just operational but is truly able to address #LossAndDamage issues, particularly by securing sustainable, timely funding at the and scale required by communities on the frontlines of the #ClimateCrisis.

5/8. ✅ The adoption of key decisions that will shape the #FRLD to serve the people and communities it was established for

4/8. ✅ The recruitment of the Executive Management Team of the #FRLD ;
✅ The launch of the start-up phase of the #FRLD with a USD 250 million early interventions initiative known as the Barbados Implementation Modalities, a critical step in getting early finance flowing; and

The #LossAndDamage Fund #FRLD is a lifeline for LDCs. Today's launch is a vital step to get finance flowing to our countries to address L&D. It must now deliver with speed and simplicity: our communities cannot afford delays. If done right, it can be a true model of #ClimateJustice in action #COP30

Photo credits: Asian Peoples' Movement on Debt and Development (APMDD)

📍Today in Manila, civil society organizations are rallying as the 7th Board Meeting of The Fund for Responding to #LossAndDamage ( #FRLD ) opens.

Their message is clear: the Fund is on life support.
💰 Just $399.89M paid in—less than 0.1% of what’s needed.

It’s time to #FillTheFund now!

🌍 Habitat Defenders Africa will join the 7th Meeting (B7) of the #FRLD Board in Manila 🇵🇭, 7–9 Oct 2025.
We stand for #ClimateJustice & #LossAndDamage action—amplifying African voices & supporting vulnerable communities. ✊🏾

#ClimateAction #Resilience

Selwyn Hart of #UNSG office: Global military spending in 2024 was US $2.7 trillion or $334 for every person on the planet. What has been pledged to the #FRLD (a little over $700m) is 0.026% of annual spending on war and death.

Richard Sherman opens #UN high-level event on Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage #FRLD by saying "Now is not the time to be timid or to be scared by minority voices even if they are powerful and very loud," likely a stab at an earlier speech made here today

On the last day of the 6th meeting of the Fund for Responding to #LossAndDamage #FRLD, @tetetlauron.bsky.social, from RLS and the Women & Gender Constituency, delivers a powerful statement on behalf of the rights-based constituencies to the #UNFCCC
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LDC Group delegation @ the 5th Meeting of the Fund for Responding to Loss & Damage #FRLD in #Barbados. Thanks to #Barbados for hosting #FRLD5 & welcoming the Barbados Implementation Modalities (BIM), a key step towards concrete interventions to address loss & damage
#LDCs #FRLD ##ClimateAction

💥 Joint statement by 3 UN Special Rapporteurs ahead of #LossAndDamage Fund Board meeting! ⚖️

Important reminder about the importance of #HumanRights-alignment of the #FRLD and the effectiveness of community-led approaches.

Calling on the Board to keep this in mind for the Fund's start-up phase.

The #FRLD is meant to serve communities on the frontlines of the #ClimateCrisis.

👉 Their direct access to grant support is key, ESPECIALLY as an early signal during the start-up phase.
🌿 #CommunityAccess must be a key modality throughout!

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