Dwellers in informal urban settlements are highly affected by #LossAndDamage but hardly benefit from formal sources of finance - see ⬇️ recommendations from the Misereor #PolicyBrief towards the setup of the #LossAndDamageFund by Douwe van Schie Simone Sandholz and myself UN University - EHS

The world needs alliances that are not against someone, but in favour of everyone. It is important that religions set a good example by working together. Let us safeguard creation and protect our common home; let us live in peace and promote peace! #COP28 vatican.va/content/france…

I'm very pleased to announce that UNDRR and UNOPS will jointly host the Santiago Network. This platform will accelerate countries’ access to technical assistance to combat the worsening effects of the climate emergency. undrr.org/quick/82028 #COP28 #LossAndDamage

Sara Ahmed, Finance Advisor V20 Finance Ministers, and Dr. Astrid Zwick, Co-Director of the #GlobalShield Secretariat, highlighted the importance of understanding climate risks and elaborated on the role of insurance and other financial instruments for addressing climate-related losses ⤵️

[Today, 11:30 am, SE Room 6] Foster Gyamfi Ministry of Finance, Ghana & Charlotte Norman NADMO GHANA 🇬🇭 will join Rishikesh Ram Bhandary Boston University Global Development Policy Center, Patricia Inga Falcon of Global Communities 🇨🇴, Anette Detken Global Shield Solutions Platform, & Magdalena Mirwald MCII for “Dev’t-Positive Climate & Disaster Risk Finance” #COP28

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We must make sure that Artificial Intelligence is put at the service of peace in the world, rather than being a threat, and that it make a beneficial contribution on humanity future. I have dedicated the Message for the World Day of Peace to this. #WDP2024 @vaticanIHD

COP28: Key outcomes agreed at the UN climate talks in Dubai ✍️ Aruna Chandrasekhar Daisy Dunne Orla Dwyer Simon Evans Josh Gabbatiss Molly Lempriere Anika Patel Ayesha Tandon Giuliana A. Viglione, PhD #COP28 ➡️ bit.ly/48rw72m

🐌Slow-onset hazards – like ocean acidification, soil salinization, and sea level rise – have devastating repercussions, but they occur over long timespans. 💡Read more about these hazards, their impacts, and how their risks can be managed ➡️ ow.ly/OANj50QniK7

Let us #PrayTogether for the unconditional release of all people currently held hostage in Colombia. This act, which is a duty before God, will also promote an atmosphere of reconciliation and peace in the country.

.@MCII @unuehs has created a free, self-paced eLearning course on the "Foundations of #Climate and #Disaster Risk Finance and Insurance (CDRFI) and Impactful Civil Society Engagement." Take the course at go.reliefweb.int/3RctNDb 📷 UNICEF/UN0445445/Sokhin

The voracity with which we have been devouring the resources of the planet for a few centuries now is compromising everyone’s future. We have pounced on everything, aiming at becoming masters of all things, even though they were entrusted to our stewardship. #GeneralAudience

Earlier this week, America Magazine published this piece about how Julian of Norwich helped me in the wake of my cancer diagnosis. What I didn't mention in the piece (because I only learned it last week) is that my cancer is inoperable & therefore incurable 1/4 americamagazine.org/faith/2024/02/…

The number of people killed in disasters has fallen a lot over the last century, despite there being four times as many people. Deaths have declined not because disasters are now less frequent or intense, but because we’ve become better at protecting ourselves and each other.

These #JuneClimateMeetings a lot is being said about Nationally Determined Contributions (#NDCs) & National Adaptation Plans (#NAPs), but what is the difference? 🤔💭 Find out in new #ClimateClash video with: 🎙️Isabel Pasternack, NDC Partnership 🎙️ Álvaro Rojas Ferreira, UN University - EHS.

Interested in exploring governance & enabling regulation for equitable AI & climate? UNU-EHS, with @unclimatechange Technology Mechanism, is organizing an Expert Meeting on AI & Climate. 🗓️: 1-2 July 📍: Bonn 🇩🇪 🔗: unu.edu/ehs/announceme… Register➡️bit.ly/AIClimateBonn

I invite you to “Hope and Act with Creation” in view of the upcoming World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation. May our lives become an opportunity to sing our love for God and care for our common home. @vaticanIHD vatican.va/content/france…

Tomorrow is the opening day of the Bonn AI & Climate Expert Meeting! Interested in exploring governance & enabling regulation for equitable AI & climate? Find more information here: unu.edu/ehs/announceme… Register for virtual participation 👇👇👇

👉 A natural hazard only becomes a disaster when it is combined with exposure and vulnerability. But what exactly does exposure mean? In this #Riskepedia video UN University - EHS & MCII expert Álvaro Rojas Ferreira explains 👇

Let us #PrayTogether that each of us may listen with our hearts to the cry of the Earth and of victims of environmental disasters and the climate crisis. May we make a personal commitment to care for the world we inhabit. #PrayerIntention #ClickToPray