Research agenda for the loss and damage fund

The United Nations COP27 climate summit delivered a breakthrough in loss and damage (L&D) finance. It established and mandated a Transitional Committee to design and functionalize a new L&D fund by the end of 2023. While politics will undoubtedly drive the fund’s design, research can contribute the necessary evidence base for informing policy choices.

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    Olivia Serdeczny & Tabea Lissner

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Serdeczny, O., Lissner, T. Research agenda for the loss and damage fund.
Nat. Clim. Chang. (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-023-01648-x

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