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COP28 operationalises loss and damage fund on day one

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Climate talks (COP) All events1992 · UNFCCC adopted; signed at Rio, in force 19941997 · Kyoto Protocol sets binding cuts for developed countries2009 · Copenhagen pledge of $100bn a year for developing countries2010 · Green Climate Fund established under the UNFCCC2015 · Paris Agreement adopted at COP212020 · US withdrawal from Paris Agreement takes effect2022 · Pakistan floods assessment puts damage and losses above $30bn
+4 more2022 · COP27 agrees to establish a loss and damage fund2023 · COP28 operationalises loss and damage fund on day one2024 · COP29 sets $300bn-a-year finance goal by 20352025 · COP30 Belém pledges to triple adaptation finance by 2035

Fund made operational in Dubai with early pledges, incl. $100m each from the UAE and Germany, turning a promise into a body.

Source: UN News, 2023

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