The Loss & Damage Fund: Will It Leave Greenland Behind?

The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) maintains three pillars of international climate governance: (1) mitigation, (2) adaptation, and (3) loss and damage. Loss and damage, the newest pillar, refers to the negative effects of climate change that transpire despite mitigat...

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Main Author: Nowatzke, Natalie L.
Format: Text
Language:unknown
Published: University of Maine School of Law Digital Commons 2024
Subjects:
Climate Change
COP
United Nations
Greenland
Mitigation
Adaptation
Loss and Damage
Denmark
Loss and damage fund
Environmental Law
European Law
Human Rights Law
International Law
Law and Politics
Law of the Sea
Natural Resources Law
Transnational Law
Water Law
Online Access:https://digitalcommons.mainelaw.maine.edu/oclj/vol29/iss2/13
https://digitalcommons.mainelaw.maine.edu/context/oclj/article/1442/viewcontent/vol29_oclj_439.pdf
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Summary:The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) maintains three pillars of international climate governance: (1) mitigation, (2) adaptation, and (3) loss and damage. Loss and damage, the newest pillar, refers to the negative effects of climate change that transpire despite mitigation and adaptation measures. This notion has manifested into the newly operationalized Loss and Damage Fund, which is designed to compensate developing nations for the losses and damages that occur. This Comment identifies a gap in the Loss and Damage Fund, which will leave Greenland left out of receiving compensation, despite being extremely vulnerable to climate change, because of its relationship to Denmark.

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