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Time to Deliver

What the Loss and Damage Fund Needs to Bring to the Most Vulnerable

The operationalization of the Loss and Damage Fund on the first day of the international climate negotiations in the United Arab Emirates (COP28) marks a breakthrough in efforts to assist developing countries burdened by climate impacts. Together with the host country, Germany kickstarted the fund, creating an unusual coalition pressuring China and other non-traditional donors to pledge as well. To be accountable to the most vulnerable, funding arrangements need to respond to the needs of people who are marginalized by their own governments – and particularly to the divisive issue of climate migration.

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Mechthild Becker
Dr. Kira Vinke
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Germany’s “Plumbers of Power” Lack Far-Sightedness

Just before passing its halfway mark, the coalition government of Chancellor Olaf Scholz has been hitting the financial buffers. Sadly, a general fiscal rethink is unlikely.

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Dr. Henning Hoff
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Toward a Sustainable Global Economy

The Potential and Limits of a Climate Club and other Plurilateral Initiatives
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Dr. Claudia Schmucker
Dr. Stormy-Annika Mildner
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