{"id":19240,"date":"2022-09-06T12:07:33","date_gmt":"2022-09-06T11:07:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatenetwork.org\/?post_type=can_resource&p=19240"},"modified":"2022-10-12T17:07:35","modified_gmt":"2022-10-12T16:07:35","slug":"letter-put-loss-damage-on-the-cop27-agenda","status":"publish","type":"can_resource","link":"https:\/\/climatenetwork.org\/resource\/letter-put-loss-damage-on-the-cop27-agenda\/","title":{"rendered":"More than 400 NGOs sign open letter demanding governments to put Loss & Damage on the COP27 Agenda"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Letter to the Heads of Delegation: Agree on the Loss and Damage Finance Agenda Item for the COP27 Climate Conference<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Background: <\/strong>Finance to address Loss and Damage  has been put on the provisional agenda for the COP27 Climate Conference. Some developed country parties are reluctant to support this agenda item. To  ensure successful outcomes in Sharm el-Sheikh, the incoming COP 27 Presidency is convening an informal Heads of Delegation meeting from 10-11 September 2022 in Cairo, Egypt focusing on Loss and Damage. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We as, Climate Action Network and allies, demand that the agreement on the agenda item on finance to address Loss and Damage must be reached at the Heads of Delegation meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The letter can be downloaded here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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To the Attention of Heads of Delegations negotiating on behalf of their governments and constituted groups,<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The most recent IPCC 6th Assessment Reports is unequivocal that human-induced atmospheric greenhouse gases are the cause of the climate crisis. This is a crisis primarily driven by decades of emissions from rich industrialized nations. The continued reliance and expansion of all fossil fuels, including oil, gas and coal, and unsustainable land use and industrial agriculture production is  worsening climate chaos at an accelerated pace all over the world, with the most vulnerable countries and communities most impacted. More than 3 billion people are already living in contexts highly vulnerable to climate impacts who are suffering with multiple intersecting crises compounded by climate change. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We are in the era of Loss and Damage. In the last few months we have seen heatwaves, droughts and flooding sweep through the continents of Africa and Europe and countries such as Australia, Bangladesh, Canada, China, India, New Zealand, Pakistan and the US. A devastating crisis unfolds before our eyes in the Horn of Africa where some communities are facing famine-like conditions due to persistent drought. This is not a crisis of the future, nor one confined to national boundaries. This calls for a step up in global leadership, multilateralism, cooperation and solidarity at all levels. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

You have an opportunity to ensure that the \u2018damning indictment of failed global leadership<\/a>\u2019, as the UN Secretary-General put it, and the lack of moral authority and political will which has let down the most vulnerable, changes course through your collective decision to stand strongly behind the principles of climate justice, solidarity, and cooperation. As a first step you can ensure that the sub-agenda item \u201cMatters relating to funding arrangements for addressing loss and damage\u201d  under  \u201cMatters relating to finance\u201d remains on the agenda.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We would like to underline the following points:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n