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https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/605869242b205050a0579e87/660d86eb6accf546860f23fa_HR_43-p-1080.jpg 1080w, https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/605869242b205050a0579e87/660d86eb6accf546860f23fa_HR_43-p-1600.jpg 1600w, https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/605869242b205050a0579e87/660d86eb6accf546860f23fa_HR_43.jpg 2000w" class="climate_injustice_image"/><div class="article_captions"><div class="ac_div"><div class="image_caption-_art">Cyclone Amphan devastated Sokhina’s home and adjacent surroundings. The Covid-19 pandemic forced her out of work, but Amphan rendered her homeless. After the cyclone ended, she returned to find nothing, not even her belongings. Image credit: UN Women/Fahad Kaizer, Licenced under a CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 DEED licence. </div><div class="w-richtext"><p>‍</p><p>The following submission from the <a href="https://www.lossanddamagecollaboration.org/">Loss and Damage Collaboration</a> (L&DC) is intended to inform the call for input for the 2024 report on “<a href="https://www.ohchr.org/en/calls-for-input/2024/call-input-2024-reports-special-rapporteur-right-development">Climate Justice and Loss and Damage</a>” by the <a href="https://www.ohchr.org/en/special-procedures/sr-development">Special Rapporteur on the Right to Development</a>. </p><p>In response to the call for input, members of the L&DC have provided detailed answers to each one of the six questions posed by the Special Rapporteur. The six questions are:</p><p>1. How is the realisation of the right to development impacted by both economic and non-economic loss and damage from climate change? How is the impact experienced differently and/or disproportionately by different individuals (e.g., children and women), groups (e.g., Indigenous Peoples) and States (e.g., Small Island Developing States)? </p><p>2. What are the obligations of States and other actors such as development finance institutions and businesses to prevent, mitigate and remediate the impacts of climate change-related loss and damage on human rights, including the right to development? </p><p>3. What is the legal and/or moral basis for States and other actors including businesses to contribute to the Fund for climate change-related loss and damage? </p><p>4. In addition to making a financial contribution to the Fund, what non-financial components may be relevant from a climate justice perspective (e.g., transfer of green technologies, building of capacity and relocation pathways for climate-induced migrants)? </p><p>5. How should a human rights-based approach to operationalise and administer the Fund look like (e.g., integration of considerations such as accessibility, non-discrimination, fair representation in decision making, gender responsiveness, and accommodation for marginalised communities and countries especially vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change)? </p><p>6. How to ensure that the Fund and/or climate finance (including for mitigation and adaptation) does not result in a debt trap for developing countries?</p></div></div></div></div><div><div class="columns-2 w-row"><div class="w-col w-col-6"><div class="read_here_text">Read the full paper here:</div></div><div class="column-2 w-col w-col-6"><div class="pdf_link"><a href="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/605869242b205050a0579e87/660d86e2d159e484e4428f56_L%26DC%20_%20HR%20SUBMISSION.pdf" target="_blank" class="pdf_link_block w-inline-block"><img src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/605869242b20501f9a579e7a/608001c4ab0372e4f777c682_PDF.png" loading="lazy" data-w-id="0695f2c8-4cb9-0ec8-ccb8-7601f261af5b" alt="" class="pdf_image"/></a></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="social_footer_home"><div class="div-block-6"><div class="div-block-4"><div class="text-block">Follow us on...</div><a href="https://www.instagram.com/lossanddamagecollaboration/" class="ig w-inline-block"><img src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/605869242b20501f9a579e7a/606c384a04bc7a0d5a54ebd7_639b3dafb544d6f061fcddd2d6686ddb.png" loading="lazy" alt="" class="image-2"/></a><a href="https://twitter.com/LossandDamage" class="twitter w-inline-block"><img src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/605869242b20501f9a579e7a/606c3876b64d3f40651b76d2_twitter-icon-circle-logo.png" loading="lazy" alt="" class="image-2"/></a><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/76112623/admin/feed/posts/" class="linked_in w-inline-block"><img src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/605869242b20501f9a579e7a/65fca765dae719ffc3f82558_linkedin-apps-icon-free-png.webp" loading="lazy" sizes="40px" srcset="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/605869242b20501f9a579e7a/65fca765dae719ffc3f82558_linkedin-apps-icon-free-png-p-500.webp 500w, https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/605869242b20501f9a579e7a/65fca765dae719ffc3f82558_linkedin-apps-icon-free-png-p-800.webp 800w, https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/605869242b20501f9a579e7a/65fca765dae719ffc3f82558_linkedin-apps-icon-free-png-p-1080.webp 1080w, https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/605869242b20501f9a579e7a/65fca765dae719ffc3f82558_linkedin-apps-icon-free-png.webp 1920w" alt="" class="image-2"/></a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHEYxOdGB9BZMbQSZruG7xw" class="you_tube w-inline-block"><img src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/605869242b20501f9a579e7a/6684061644dfbd9cc164f11f_YT_s.jpg" loading="lazy" alt="" class="image-2"/></a><a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@lossanddamage" class="tik_tok w-inline-block"><img src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/605869242b20501f9a579e7a/6684066a3f6e88590d7220c4_TikToc_.jpg" loading="lazy" alt="" class="image-2"/></a><a href="https://www.facebook.com/lossanddamagecollaboration?locale=en_GB" class="facebook w-inline-block"><img src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/605869242b20501f9a579e7a/606c3865d4fc41afb7eba2ed_20673.png" loading="lazy" alt="" class="image-2"/></a><div class="mailing_list-text">Join our <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc4q10M5P0RXBM6dA08Wux4bn0fR8oYl3O1bSVTtN_OuN7Z6g/viewform">mailing list</a>.<br/>‍</div></div></div></div><script src="https://d3e54v103j8qbb.cloudfront.net/js/jquery-3.5.1.min.dc5e7f18c8.js?site=605869242b20501f9a579e7a" type="text/javascript" integrity="sha256-9/aliU8dGd2tb6OSsuzixeV4y/faTqgFtohetphbbj0=" crossorigin="anonymous"></script><script src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/605869242b20501f9a579e7a/js/webflow.cfff8f4f2.js" type="text/javascript"></script><script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/typed.js@2.0.9"></script> <script> var typed4 = new Typed('.typed-text', { strings: ['This is loss and damage.','When climate change causes...', 'A loss of life.', 'The loss of culture.', 'Biodiversity loss.', 'A loss of territory.', 'And the loss of livelihoods.', 'As well as costly damage to infrastructure.', 'Like homes, hospitals, schools and roads.', 'And sadly much more...', 'The economic cost in developing countries...', 'Is projected to be 290-580 billion USD by 2030.', 'Not including the non-economic costs.', 'These costs have increased significantly due to COVID-19.', 'Households on the frontlines of climate change…', 'In vulnerable developing countries...', 'Bear most of the costs of reducing and addressing loss and damage.', 'We are trying to change that.', 'By ensuring that vulnerable people, communities and countries.','Have the support they need to...', 'Prepare for a warmer world.', 'And continue to develop and thrive.',], typeSpeed: 75, backSpeed: 10, bindInputFocusEvents: true, loop: true, cursorChar: '_', backDelay: 1000, startDelay: 100 }); </script> </body></html>