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Fund for responding to Loss and Damage

Joint interim secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Green Climate Fund (GCF) and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Related Information
COP and CMA decisions

Decision 5/CP.29
Report of the Fund for responding to Loss and Damage and guidance to the Fund

Decision 6/CP.29
Arrangements between the Conference of the Parties, the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement and the Board of the Fund for responding to Loss and Damage

Decision 11/CMA.6
Report of the Fund for responding to Loss and Damage and guidance to the Fund

Decision 12/CMA.6
Arrangements between the Conference of the Parties, the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement and the Board of the Fund for responding to Loss and Damage

1/CP.28 (page 2)

5/CMA.5 (page 35)

1/CP.27 (page 11)

2/CMA.4 (page 13)

Announcements

Notifications

Notification to Parties and observer States - Sixth meeting of the Board of the Fund for responding to Loss and Damage

Notification to UN and IGOs -Sixth meeting of the Board of the Fund for responding to Loss and Damage

Notification to NGOs -Sixth meeting of the Board of the Fund for responding to Loss and Damage

Pledges to the Fund

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main landing photo with the president
Credit: DENR

Background

The Conference of the Parties (COP) and the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement (CMA), through decisions 2/CP.27 and 2/CMA.4, established new funding arrangements for assisting developing countries that are particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change, in responding to loss and damage. In this context, the COP and the CMA also decided to establish a fund for responding to loss and damage whose mandate includes a focus on addressing loss and damage to assist developing countries that are particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change in responding to economic and non-economic loss and damage associated with the adverse effects of climate change, including extreme weather events and slow onset events.

The COP and CMA at its twenty-eighth and fifth sessions, operationalized the Fund for responding to Loss and Damage (FRLD) as an as entity entrusted with the operation of the Financial Mechanism of the Convention, which would also serve the Paris Agreement. The Fund will be accountable to and function under the guidance of the COP and the CMA.

 

The Co-Chairs of the Board sign the Trustee Agreement and the Secretariat Hosting Agreement with the World Bank, and the Host Country Agreement with the Republic of the Philippines.

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Watch the webcast of the ceremony

 

Executive Director of the Fund for responding to Loss and Damage

At its third meeting, the Board decided to select Ibrahima Cheikh Diong as the inaugural Executive Director of the Fund for responding to Loss and Damage, for a four-year term beginning November 1, 2024. Read more

 

Official website of the Fund for responding to Loss and Damage

Visit the website: https://www.frld.org/. 

Follow the FRLD LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/frld/

 

Board

Membership to the Board of the Fund

The Board of the Fund for responding to Loss and Damage comprises 26 members from Parties to the Convention and Paris Agreement, with 12 members from developed country Parties and 14 members from developing country Parties.

The 26 members are nominated in line with the following geographical representation: 12 members from developed countries; 3 members from Asia-Pacific States; 3 members from African States; 3 members from Latin American and Caribbean States; 2 members from small island developing States; 2 members from the least developed countries; and 1 member from a developing country not included in the regional groups and constituencies previously listed. Each Board member has an alternate member.

At its first meeting, the Board elected Mr. Richard Sherman (South Africa) and Mr. Jean-Christophe Donnellier (France) as its Co- Chairs for a term of one year.

 

Members of the Board of the Fund for responding to Loss and Damage
 

Member

Country

Constituency

Alternate
Richard Sherman (Co-Chair) South Africa African States

Sumaya Zakieldeen Hamdan (Sudan)1

* temporarily replaced by Nsiala Tosi Mpanu Mpanu (Democratic Republic of the Congo)1 for the fifth Board meeting
Mohamed Ibrahim Nasr Salem Egypt African States

Nsiala Tosi Mpanu Mpanu (Democratic Republic of the Congo)1

* vacant for the fifth Board meeting
David Chama Kaluba Zambia African States Selam Kidane Abebe (Ethiopia)1

Abdulla Balalaa

* temporarily replaced by Ahmed Al Ghardaqa (UAE) for the fifth Board meeting

 United Arab Emirates Asia-Pacific States Didar Temenov (Kazakhstan)

Abdulrahman Fahad A Alrowished

 Saudi Arabia Asia-Pacific States

Ali Tauqeer Sheikh (Pakistan)
Mark Dennis Joven Philippines Asia-Pacific States Gholamhossein Darzi (Iran)
Antonella Baldino Italy Developed countries Karima Oustadi (Italy)
Sebastian Lesch Germany Developed countries Simon Stumpf (Germany)
Jean-Christophe Donnellier (Co-Chair) France Developed countries Antoine Bergerot (France)
Ana Paula Rodrigues Portugal Developed countries Inmaculada Paniagua (Spain)
Jan Dusik European Union Developed countries

Elizabeth Carthy (Ireland)

*  temporarily replaced by Orla Kilcullen (Ireland) for the fifth Board meeting
Jens Fugl Denmark Developed countries

Anna Merrifield (Finland)

* temporarily replaced by Johanna Pietikäinen (Finland) for
  the fifth Board meeting

Jose Gabriel Delgado Jimenez

 Austria Developed countries

Georges Gehl (Luxembourg)

* temporarily replaced by Tina Kobilšek (Slovenia) for the fifth Board meeting
Laurence Ahoussou Canada Developed countries Ben Abraham (New Zealand)
Hiroki Matsui Japan Developed countries

Hyokai Tsuyoshi (Japan)

* temporarily replaced by Yusuke Yatsu (Japan) for
  the fifth Board meeting
Georg Børsting Norway Developed countries

Karoline Kjeldsen (Norway)

* temporarily replaced by Mr. Martin Larnemark (Norway) for the fifth Board meeting
Gerard Howe United Kingdom Developed countries Claire Holzer Fleming (United Kingdom)
(Vacant) (Vacant) Developed countries (Vacant)
Nona Budoyan Armenia Developing countries not included in the regional groups and constituencies Rajasree Ray (India)
Liliam Beatris Chagas de Moura Brazil Latin American and Caribbean States

Maria Victoria Gandini (Argentina)
Elena Cristina Pereira Colindres Honduras Latin American and Caribbean States Jaime Tramon (Chile)
Henrietta Elizabeth Thompson  Barbados Latin American and Caribbean States Anthony Robert Ferguson (Bahamas)
Daniel Jerome Lund Republic of Fiji Small island developing States

Ahmed Waheed (Maldives)

* temporarily replaced by Thibyan Ibrahim (Maldives) for
  the fifth Board meeting
Peter George Jr. Abraham Antigua and Barbuda Small island developing States Laura Elisabeth Agathine (Seychelles)
Adao Soares Barbosa Timor Leste Least developed countries Maheshwar Dhakal (Nepal)
Ibila Djibril Benin Least developed countries Madeleine Rose Diouf (Senegal)

1 The alternate members will rotate based on the availability of the members to the Board.

Related Information
COP and CMA decisions

-/CP.29 Report of the Fund for responding to Loss and Damage and guidance to the Fund (AUV)

-/CP.29 Arrangements between the Conference of the Parties, the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement and the Board of the Fund for responding to Loss and Damage (AUV)

-/CMA.6 Report of the Fund for responding to Loss and Damage and guidance to the Fund (AUV)

-/CMA.6 Arrangements between the Conference of the Parties, the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement and the Board of the Fund for responding to Loss and Damage (AUV)

1/CP.28 (page 2)

5/CMA.5 (page 35)

1/CP.27 (page 11)

2/CMA.4 (page 13)

Publications
Annual Report of the Board of the Fund for responding to Loss and Damage to COP and CMA

First report of the Board of the Fund for responding to Loss and Damage: 

Report of the Board of the Fund for responding to Loss and Damage. Note by the secretariat FCCC/CP/2024/9−FCCC/PA/CMA/2024/13
Report of the Board of the Fund for responding to Loss and Damage. Note by the secretariat. Addendum FCCC/CP/2024/9/Add.1−FCCC/PA/CMA/2024/13/Add.1

 

Decisions adopted by the Board of the Fund for responding to Loss and Damage 
Board Meeting Decisions
1st Meeting of the Board FLD/B.1/11 
2nd Meeting of the Board FLD/B.2/17
3rd Meeting of the Board FLD/B.3/11
4th Meeting of the Board FRLD/B.4/14
5th Meeting of the Board FRLD/B.5/13

 

Report of the meeting of the Board of the Fund for responding to Loss and Damage 
Board Meeting Report of the Board
1st Meeting of the Board FLD/B.1/12
2nd Meeting of the Board FLD/B.2/18
3rd Meeting of the Board FRLD/B.3/12
4th Meeting of the Board FRLD/B.4/15/Rev.1

 

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