A funding mosaic for loss and damage

Koko Warner1, Michael Weisberg2

  • 1Koko Warner is a visiting fellow at Perry World House, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA, and director of Global Data Institute at the International Organization for Migration, Berlin, Germany.

Science (New York, N.Y.)
|January 19, 2023
PubMed
Summary

Climate change "loss and damage" addresses unavoidable impacts like sea-level rise. A new fund established at COP27 offers a "mosaic of solutions" for financial support, requiring scientific insights for operationalization.

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