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Session 14

Locally-led adaptation solutions to tackle loss and damage

04 Oct. / 12:00 - 13:30

Hosted by
Loss and Damage Youth Coalition (LDYC), Kenya Environmental Action Network (KEAN), Loss and Damage Finance Now and The Green Protector (TGP)

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This session will seek to define Loss and Damage and explore the LLA principles with most links to the Loss and Damage Finance facility. 
Youth speakers will share their experiences of dealing with of Loss and Damage, and what this means for initiaitves to deliver finance for L&D. 

Funding Partners

CARE
CARE International works in 100 countries, helping millions of the world’s poorest people find routes out of poverty and achieve social justice.
https://www.care-international.org/
Global Resilience Partnership (GRP)
GRP is an inclusive and diverse partnership of organisations joining forces towards a world where vulnerable people and places are able to thrive in the face of shocks, uncertainty and change.
https://www.globalresiliencepartnership.org/
Climate Justice Resilience Fund
CJRF builds voice and power in the communities hit first by climate change. To survive and thrive on a warming planet they need voice, power, and the opportunity to innovate. CJRF helps these communities create and share their own solutions for resilience.
https://www.cjrfund.org/
Irish Aid
Irish Aid invest in research that builds evidence on how poor people and countries can best adapt, reduce risk, and build their resilience to withstand future set-backs and disasters.
https://practicalaction.org/
Practical Action
Practical Action works with communities to develop ingenious solutions in agriculture, water and waste management, climate resilience and clean energy. Then we share what’s proven to work with others, so many more people can change their world.
https://practicalaction.org/
Green Africa Youth Organisation (GAYO)
GAYO is a youth-led gender-balanced advocacy organisation who work directly with local communities to reduce the vulnerability of groups that are at risk to climate impacts, through youth empowerment, skills development and public education.
https://greenafricayouth.com/
International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)
IIED is an international policy and action research organisation delivering solutions to sustainable development challenges. Working with partners across the globe, IIED links local priorities to global challenges.
https://www.iied.org/community-based-adaptation