Climate change loss and damage: funding for displaced Africans

The document examines the economic and social impacts of climate change in Africa, specifically focusing on forced displacement. It advocates for the operationalisation of the Loss and Damage Fund to include non-economic losses and provide accessible, non-debt financing for displaced persons, women, youth, and pastoralists.

• Climate change is a primary driver of internal displacement in sub-Saharan Africa, with 7.4 million people displaced by climate disasters in 2022, surpassing the previous record of 4.4 million in 2020.
• African nations face significant economic losses due to climate vulnerabilities, losing between 3% and 5% of their annual GDP, with some countries experiencing losses as high as 15%.
• Climate mobility is projected to increase from approximately 1.5% of the African population currently to 5% by 2050, with the vast majority of this movement being internal, potentially reaching 110 million internal migrants.
• The document distinguishes between 'damage', which refers to recoverable or repairable assets like infrastructure and crops, and 'loss', which refers to irretrievable items such as loss of life, biodiversity, and forced displacement from ancestral homes.
• Historically, wealthy nations resisted funding for loss and damage due to fears of legal liability, leading to a 30-year delay before the agreement to establish the Loss and Damage Fund at COP27.
• Scotland is identified as the first country to provide bilateral loss and damage funding, pledging £2 million, part of which was used for projects in six Malawian villages.
• Forced displacement is described as both a signal and a determinant of loss and damage, triggering cascading losses in livelihoods, healthcare, education, and community ties.

APA

Mbiyozo, A.-N. (2023). Climate change loss and damage: funding for displaced Africans. Institute for Security Studies. https://issafrica.s3.amazonaws.com/site/uploads/PB-184.pdf

Chicago

Mbiyozo, Aimée-Noël. Climate change loss and damage: funding for displaced Africans. Institute for Security Studies, 2023. https://issafrica.s3.amazonaws.com/site/uploads/PB-184.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{mbiyozo2023climate, author = {Mbiyozo, Aimée-Noël}, title = {{Climate change loss and damage: funding for displaced Africans}}, institution = {Institute for Security Studies}, year = {2023}, url = {https://issafrica.s3.amazonaws.com/site/uploads/PB-184.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }