COP28 DECLARATION ON CLIMATE, RELIEF, RECOVERY AND PEACE

The COP28 Declaration on Climate, Relief, Recovery and Peace is a voluntary call to action to scale up climate adaptation and finance for highly vulnerable regions, particularly those in conflict or fragility. It outlines objectives to improve financial access, enhance programmatic best practices through conflict-sensitive approaches, and strengthen cross-sectoral coordination between humanitarian, development, and peace actors.

• The declaration calls for a significant increase in financial resources for climate adaptation and resilience in fragile or conflict-affected areas, emphasizing the need for public and grant-based funding and the mobilization of diverse financing sources.
• Signatories commit to improving the accessibility of climate finance by reducing transaction costs and streamlining procedures related to accreditation, application, procurement, and monitoring.
• The document advocates for the implementation of conflict-sensitive approaches throughout the project cycle to ensure climate actions do not exacerbate existing grievances and instead support social cohesion and environmental peacebuilding.
• There is a commitment to enhance the leadership and active participation of marginalized and affected groups—including women, indigenous peoples, youth, and displaced persons—in the design, implementation, and monitoring of climate policies.
• The declaration emphasizes the need for better coordination and complementarity between different sectors, specifically climate, development, humanitarian, disaster risk management, and peace actors, to increase the adaptive capacity of vulnerable communities.
• The declaration identifies a critical gap where global climate resilience efforts are not sufficiently tailored to the specific challenges of countries facing fragility or conflict, often due to perceived risks associated with operating in those settings.

APA

The Council on Strategic Risks (n.d.). COP28 DECLARATION ON CLIMATE, RELIEF, RECOVERY AND PEACE. https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/COP28-Declaration-on-Climate-Relief-Recovery-and-Peace.pdf

Chicago

The Council on Strategic Risks. COP28 DECLARATION ON CLIMATE, RELIEF, RECOVERY AND PEACE. n.d. https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/COP28-Declaration-on-Climate-Relief-Recovery-and-Peace.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{thecouncilonstrategicrisksndcop28, author = {{The Council on Strategic Risks}}, title = {{COP28 DECLARATION ON CLIMATE, RELIEF, RECOVERY AND PEACE}}, publisher = {The Council on Strategic Risks}, url = {https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/COP28-Declaration-on-Climate-Relief-Recovery-and-Peace.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }