Those responsible for the climate crisis are not always the ones most affected by it. For example, Central America as a region emits only a tiny proportion of the world’s greenhouse gasses - but the people there are suffering particularly badly from the consequences of climate change. A new international fund aims to help rectify this injustice. We talk to experts from the region and from global climate policy about the “Loss & Damage Fund”. Its vision: direct financial aid given to the communities, affected groups, indigenous peoples and those most impacted by climate change, should ensure that support really gets to where it is needed.

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In this fateful year of public climate financing, a quantum leap must be made - Liane Schalatek (Boell.org 2024)

The Loss and Damage Financial Landscape. An in depth report by the Boell Stiftung published in 2023

La Ruta Del Clima, a Climate Change NGO based in Costa Rica