Puesta en marcha del Fondo para Pérdidas y Daños

The document argues that the Loss and Damage Fund must be designed with transparency and inclusivity to be perceived as just by both donors and recipients. It emphasizes the need for flexible funding mechanisms, such as grants and programmatic approaches, to address underfunded areas like mental health services and ecosystem restoration. The brief highlights four critical trade-offs in the fund's setup: scope versus coordination, participatory versus delegated governance, inclusive versus rapid decision-making, and accessibility versus strict oversight. It recommends diversifying funding sources beyond public money to include philanthropic and private sectors, and suggests adopting multi-level governance structures to ensure funds reach the most marginalized local communities.

• The Loss and Damage Fund should avoid overly strict requirements for eligible activities, as this could prevent responses to actual needs on the ground. Instead, it should focus on underfunded areas such as urgent assistance, mental health services, livelihood protection, and long-term rehabilitation.
• Governance structures must be participatory and representative of civil society organizations (CSOs) and vulnerable groups. The document suggests a multi-level approach, similar to the Global Greengrants Fund, where regional and thematic boards composed of CSOs and community representatives make decisions.
• To ensure flexibility and accessibility, the fund should employ diverse financing mechanisms, including non-project-based flexible funding for states, trigger-based mechanisms for sudden-onset events, and small grants for local NGOs and community groups.
• The fund should prioritize grants over loans to avoid increasing the debt burden of climate-vulnerable nations. It should also consider direct cash transfers to affected households and programmatic strategies that allow countries to use funds according to national policies over long periods.
• Funding sources should be diversified beyond public contributions to include philanthropic organizations, foundations, the private sector, and innovative sources such as taxes on aviation, fossil fuels, or financial transactions.
• The operationalization of the fund involves four primary 'balance points' or trade-offs: broad scope versus better coordination; participatory governance versus decentralized approaches; inclusive decision-making versus speed of disbursement; and high accessibility versus strict oversight.

APA

Shawoo, Z., Bakhtaoui, I., Schultheiß, L., Naushin, N., & Ahmed, L. (2023). Puesta en marcha del Fondo para Pérdidas y Daños. Stockholm Environment Institute. https://www.sei.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/fondo-perdidas-danos-financiadores-receptores-sei2024.011.pdf

Chicago

Shawoo, Zoha, Inès Bakhtaoui, Lisa Schultheiß, Nusrat Naushin, and Lina Ahmed. Puesta en marcha del Fondo para Pérdidas y Daños. Stockholm Environment Institute, 2023. https://www.sei.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/fondo-perdidas-danos-financiadores-receptores-sei2024.011.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{shawoo2023puesta, author = {Shawoo, Zoha and Bakhtaoui, Inès and Schultheiß, Lisa and Naushin, Nusrat and Ahmed, Lina}, title = {{Puesta en marcha del Fondo para Pérdidas y Daños}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, year = {2023}, month = aug, url = {https://www.sei.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/fondo-perdidas-danos-financiadores-receptores-sei2024.011.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }