🇧🇧Right out the Oven in Barbados 🇧🇧 The start-up phase for the #lossanddamagefund threatens to undermine its mandate. This decision must not be allowed to reinterpret or dilute what Parties already agreed in the Governing Instrument — which was already a hard-won compromise. 🚨 “Country ownership” is being narrowed to mean only government sign-off, allowing external actors — MDBs, UN agencies, private firms — to submit top-down proposals with minimal national or community involvement. This undermines the country-driven mandate. ❌ In the name of speed, the proposed Start-Up Programme undermines the value and credibility of the Fund at a time when it most needs to establish both. It compromises our ability to fully operationalize its mission. ⚠️ The Fund was meant to be innovative, not just another Fund of funds. But vague references to “partners” open the door for existing institutions to access the Fund — the same ones that already exclude communities and do not operate with a loss and damage mandate. 🔍 There is no reference in the operational text to vulnerable communities, marginalized groups, or community access — neither at the Fund level nor through any implementation modality. This is an unacceptable omission. The start-up phase must include clear safeguards and commitments to prevent harm to people and ecosystems, and ensure inclusive, equitable access from day one. ✊🏾 The Governing Instrument was a floor, not a ceiling. We already compromised. Now it’s time to deliver. #RestoreTheCompass #LossAndDamage #ClimateJustice

España anuncia que planifica un impuesto de hasta el 100% sobre propiedades compradas por no residentes fuera de la UE. Mientras España toma medidas drásticas para priorizar las necesidades de sus residentes sobre los foráneos, la política de Puerto Rico sigue apostando a la atracción del extranjero. Siempre es buena la diversidad -especialmente aquella respetuosa que no viene a neocolonizar-, pero no puede ser con medidas de desplazamiento. Necesitamos urgentemente un modelo que priorice el bienestar de nuestra gente, que preserve nuestra identidad cultural y que fomente un desarrollo sostenible. Este tipo de decisiones soberanas nos permitirían abordar problemas sistémicos como el acceso a la vivienda asequible, la regulación del turismo depredador y la protección de nuestras comunidades. SEGUMOS AQUI bbc.com/news/articles/cr7enz…

We live in an era of losses and damages. Humans have moved for over a millennia, who gets celebrated and who gets criminalized has always been about power and the color of your pigment. Protections for people on the move are essential for climate justice. #InternationalMigrantsDay

A crucial reminder to the Board of the Fund for #LossandDamage "giving the floow now that decisioin is adopted" is unacceptable. Effective participation cannot be achieved by allowing observers to speak only after decisions have already been made—especially when those decisions directly affect us. Observers are not a burden to the process; we are an integral part of it, #frld