This event provided a unique opportunity to explore pathways to advance existing Loss and Damage governance and finance mechanisms. Participants  further discussed linkages between loss and damage policy choices and the long-term goals of the Paris Agreement and the 2030 Agenda.

Programme

Keynote

• Richard J.T. Klein, Director of Science and Innovation,  Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI)

Panel

• Lola Vallejo, Climate Programme Director, Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations (IDDRI)
• Idil Boran, Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, York University & Associate Researcher, German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE)
• Sabine Minninger, Policy Advisor on Climate Change, Bread for the World (BfdW) – Germany
• Representative of the Climate Policy Division, Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)(tbc)

In focus
Ways forward for the Warsaw International Mechanism for Loss and Damage

• Lola Vallejo (IDDRI) Elements of an effective Loss and Damage governance

Elements of an effective Loss and Damage governance

• Idil Boran(York University&DIE)

Advancing Loss and Damage finance: overview of existing and innovative finance mechanisms

• Sabine Minninger (BfdW)