WIM Executive Committee

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Established at COP 19, the Executive Committee guides the implementation of the functions of the Warsaw International Mechanism for Loss and Damage and implements its work through a five-year rolling work plan.

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The five strategic workstreams and thematic expert groups

The Executive Committee implements the activities of its workplan through five strategic workstreams which also form the basis of the thematic work carried out by its five thematic expert groups and through collaboration with various stakeholders.

Key resources

Official reports

2025 Joint Annual Report of the WIM ExCom and the Santiago network (Add.1, Add.2)
Synthesis report for the technical assessment component of GST 1
Status of work, activities and outputs under the WIM

Workplan and plans of action

Current five-year rolling workplan of the WIM ExCom
Plans of Action of the expert groups: slow onset events; non-economic losses; comprehensive risk management; displacement; action and support

Useful resources

WIM ExCom Explainer
Santiago network website
PoAs Booklet 2026

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Range of Expertise convened under the ExCom text

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Expert Groups

Expert Group on Slow Onset Events

The work of the Expert Group on Slow Onset Events supports strategic workstream (a) of the five-year rolling workplan of the Warsaw International Mechanism Executive Committee (WIM ExCom), which aims to enhance cooperation and facilitation in relation to slow onset events. The Expert Group currently focuses its technical work on desertification, glacial retreat and sea level rise. Four members of the WIM ExCom facilitate the work of the group.

Technical Guide on Sea Level Rise: Technical guide on sea level rise | UNFCCC

Expert Group on Non-Economic Losses

The work of the Expert Group on Non-Economic Losses supports strategic workstream (b) of the five-year rolling workplan of the Warsaw International Mechanism Executive Committee (WIM ExCom), which aims to enhance cooperation and facilitation in relation to non-economic losses.

Technical paper on non-economic losses: featuring loss of territory and habitability, ecosystem services and biodiversity, and cultural heritage: Technical paper on non-economic losses: featuring loss of territory and habitability, ecosystem services and biodiversity, and cultural heritage | UNFCCC

Technical Expert Group on Comprehensive Risk Management

Strategic workstream (c) of the current five-year workplan of the Warsaw International Mechanism (WIM) Executive Committee (ExCom) is to enhance cooperation and facilitation in relation to comprehensive risk management (CRM) approaches (including assessment, reduction, transfer and retention), to address and build long term resilience of countries, vulnerable populations and communities to loss and damage from the impacts of climate change.

Compendium on Comprehensive Risk Management Approaches Vol. 2: Compendium on comprehensive risk management approaches – volume 2 | UNFCCC

Task Force on Displacement

The Task Force on Displacement (TFD) was established in 2015 at COP 21, to develop recommendations for integrated approaches to avert, minimize and address displacement related to the adverse impacts of climate change (Decision 1/CP.21) with its mandate later extended at the recommendation by the Executive Committee of the Warsaw International Mechanism for Loss and Damage (WIM ExCom) in 2018. The current work of the TFD focuses more broadly to support strategic workstream (d) of the current five-year rolling workplan of the ExCom, which aims to enhance cooperation and facilitation in relation to human mobility, including migration, displacement and planned relocation.
Technical Guide on Human Mobility: Technical guide on integrating human mobility and climate change linkages into relevant national climate change processes | UNFCCC

Expert Group on Action and Support

The work of the Action and Support Expert Group (ASEG) supports strategic workstream (e) of the five year workplan of the Warsaw International Mechanism (WIM) Executive Committee (ExCom), which focuses on action and support including finance, technology and capacity-building to address loss and damage associated with the adverse effects of climate change. The terms of reference of ASEG were adopted at ExCom 12 in 2020, with the first meeting of the expert group taking place in 2021. ASEG currently comprises 19 members, including 4 ExCom members serving as facilitators of the expert group.

Plan of Action

List of knowledge products published by the Executive Committee of the Warsaw International Mechanism for Loss and Damage
Year	Title	Workstreams
	Technical guide on averting, minimizing and addressing non-economic losses in the context of human mobility. Forthcoming under NELs PoA Activity 7 and TFD PoA Activity 4. Teaser	Non-economic losses and Human mobility
	Technical guides on glacial retreat and desertification. Forthcoming under SOEs PoA Activity 3 and 4. Teaser	Slow onset events
2026	Technical guide on accessing financial resources aiming to advert, minimize and address the impacts of displacement associated with the adverse effects of climate change	Human mobility
2025	Compendium on comprehensive risk management approaches. vol 2	Comprehensive risk management
2025	Technical guide on sea level rise	Slow onset events
2024	Technical paper on non-economic losses: featuring loss of territory and habitability, ecosystem services and biodiversity, and cultural heritage	Non-economic losses
2024	Technical guide on integrating human mobility and climate change linkages into relevant national climate change planning processes (Versión en español >>> and Русская версия >>>)	Human mobility
2024	Case studies of the projects funded by the Green Climate Fund in relation to the strategic workstreams of the Warsaw International Mechanism for loss and damage	Action and support
2021	Booklet: Face to Face with the Warsaw International Mechanism
2020	Policy brief on technologies for averting, minimizing and addressing loss and damage in coastal zones	Comprehensive risk management
2019	Updated Compendium on Comprehensive Risk Management Approaches	Comprehensive risk management
2019	Synopsis of the updated Compendium on Comprehensive Risk Management Approaches	Comprehensive risk management
2019	Brochure of the Task Force on Displacement	Human mobility
2018	Report of the Task Force on Displacement	Human mobility
2018	Mapping Human Mobility and Climate Change in Relevant National Policies and Institutional Frameworks (synopsis)	Human mobility
2019	Technical paper on the sources of and modalities for accessing financial support for addressing loss and damage
2018	Synthesizing the State of Knowledge to Better Understand Displacement related to Slow Onset Events (synopsis)	Human mobility
2018	Mapping Workplans of Bodies/Work Programmes under the UNFCCC on Displacement (synopsis)	Human mobility
2018	Mapping Human Mobility (Migration, Displacement and Planned Relocation) and Climate Change in International Processes, Policies and Legal Frameworks (synopsis)	Human mobility
2018	United Nations System’s Mandates with respect to Averting, Minimizing and Addressing Displacement related to Climate Change: Considerations for the Future (synopsis)	Human mobility
2018	Mapping of Existing International/Regional Guidance/Tools on Averting, Minimizing and Addressing Displacement and Durable Solutions (synopsis)	Human mobility
2018	Systematic Data Collection and Monitoring of Displacement and its Impacts at Local, National, Regional and International Level (synopsis)	Human mobility
2018	Scope of work undertaken on slow onset events (SOEs) as reported by partners in the SOEs database	Slow onset events
2017	Technical paper - Opportunities and options for integrating climate change adaptation with the Sustainable Development Goals and the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030
2017	Breaking new ground: risk financing for slow onset events	Slow onset events
2017	Compendium on Comprehensive Risk Management Approaches	Comprehensive risk management
2016	Information paper on best practices, challenges and lessons learned from existing financial instruments at all levels that address the risk of loss and damage associated with the adverse effects of climate change	Action and support
2016	Shining the light on non-economic losses: challenges, risks and lessons learned for addressing them	Non-economic losses
2015	Stocktaking of organizations working on slow onset events and the scope of their current efforts	Slow onset events
2013	Warsaw International Mechanism for Loss and Damage and its Executive Committee established
	Relevant documents developed in the context of the SBI work programme on loss and damage
2013	Technical paper on gaps in existing institutional arrangements within and outside of the Convention to address loss and damage, including those related to slow onset events
2013	Report on the expert meeting to consider future needs, including capacity needs associated with possible approaches to address slow onset events.	Slow onset events
2013	Technical paper on non-economic losses in the context of the work programme on loss and damage	Non-economic losses
2012	Technical paper on slow onset events	Slow onset events
2012	Report on the regional expert meetings on a range of approaches to address loss and damage associated with the adverse effects of climate change, including impacts related to extreme weather events and slow onset events.
2012	A literature review on the topics in the context of thematic area 2 of the work programme on loss and damage: a range of approaches to address loss and damage associated with the adverse effects of climate change.
2012	Report on the expert meeting on assessing the risk of loss and damage associated with the adverse effects of climate change. Note by the secretariat.
2012	Technical paper on current knowledge on relevant methodologies and data requirements as well as lessons learned and gaps identified at different levels, in assessing the risk of loss and damage associated with the adverse effects of climate change.
2011	Synthesis report on views and information on the thematic areas in the implementation of the work programme.
2011	Synthesis report on views and information on the elements to be included in the work programme on loss and damage.