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  2. Loss and damage (climate change) - Wikipedia

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    The Loss and Damage Fund is a climate finance mechanism created during the 27th Conference of Parties (COP), held in Egypt in 2022. The fund was designed to address loss and damage, to support communities when adaptation strategies are inadequate or implemented too late, and damage and risk has already happened. [23]: 63

  3. List of specialized agencies of the United Nations - Wikipedia

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    The United Nations Office at Geneva in Switzerland is the second biggest U.N. centre after the United Nations Headquarters in New York City.. United Nations specialized agencies are autonomous organizations working with the United Nations and each other through the structure of the United Nations Economic and Social Council at the intergovernmental level, and through the Chief Executives Board ...

  4. List of United Nations organizations by location - Wikipedia

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    The Palace of Nations.The United Nations Office at Geneva (Switzerland) is the second most important UN centre, after the United Nations Headquarters.. While the Secretariat of the United Nations is headquartered in New York City, its many bodies, specialized agencies, and related organizations are headquartered in other parts of the world, particularly in Europe.

  5. World Bank poised to host climate loss and damage fund ... - AOL

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    The deal to create a "loss and damage" fund was hailed as a breakthrough for developing country negotiators at United Nations climate talks in Egypt last year, overcoming years of resistance from ...

  6. New global climate 'loss and damage' fund names first director

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    The board of The Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage to help countries ravaged by climate-driven disasters named Senegalese finance specialist Ibrahima Cheikh Diong as its first director, the ...

  7. Vulnerable countries demand progress on climate change loss ...

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    The issue of loss and damage to people’s homes and farms, schools and transport links caused by rising seas and increasingly extreme weather is a key focus at the latest round of UN talks taking ...

  8. 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference - Wikipedia

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    On the first day of the summit on 30 November 2023, a "loss and damage" fund to compensate poor states for the effects of climate change was agreed upon. The fund aims to distribute funds to poor states harmed by climate change and is to be administered by the World Bank. The host country, the United Arab Emirates, and Germany each pledged $100 ...

  9. The Obvious Solution to Loss-and-Damage Fund Distribution

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    How to effectively distribute climate loss-and-damage funds is a key question at the COP28 meeting in Dubai. Yolande Wright has the answer.