PACJA REFLECTIONS AND STATEMENT AS SB 56 INITIATES THE FIRST GLASGOW DIALOGUE ON LOSS AND DAMAGE IN ACCORDANCE WITH CMA DECISION PARAGRAPGH 73 TAKEN AT COP26

BONN, Germany – African civil society groups coalesced under the Pan African Climate Justice Alliance (PACJA) participating in Bonn in the 56th session of the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA), the Bonn talks hold from 6-16 June 2022 have expressed deep concerns on the continued push by the global north for scientific attribution and quantification of loss and damage in total disregard of the science of climate change and evidence on loss and damage is already well-established.

Reacting to the session on loss and damage, Charles Mwangi, the Acting Executive Director, PACJA, reminded negotiators that the 1.5C Report of 2018 issued by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) asserts that “residual risks” will rise as temperatures increase. The report further ranks Africa as the most vulnerable continent, with foreseeable catastrophes like those seen in Malawi, South Africa, Mozambique, and Chad, amongst other African nations.

PACJA believes that the establishment of a special finance facility for loss and damage response is in line with article 8 of the Paris Agreement.

“These finances for loss and damage should be predictable in quality and quality and should be separate from the Adaptation Fund and the GCF,” they said.

The African CSOs equally lent their voice to the call for the establishment of a dedicated “Loss and Damage Finance Facility” and relaxation of several complexities barring access to the Green Climate Fund (GCF) made earlier today by Developing countries under the banner of G-77.

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