DAILY POLICY UPDATES FOR THE TWENTY SECOND MEETING OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE WARSAW INTERNATIONAL MECHANISM FOR LOSS AND DAMAGE

The twenty-second meeting of the Executive Committee (ExCom 22) of the Warsaw International Mechanism for Loss and Damage (WIM) will take place between the 13th and 15th of May 2025 in Bonn, Germany.

The provisional agenda with annotations for ExCom 22 includes several critical issues to be discussed over the three days of the meeting. They include:

1. Preparation of voluntary guidelines for enhancing collection and management of data and information to inform the preparation of biennial transparency reports (BTRs).
2. How the latest climate science can inform policy-making relevant to averting, minimising and addressing loss and damage.
3. Work related to slow onset events, non-economic losses (NELs), comprehensive risk management approaches (CRM), human mobility and action and support.
4. Cross-cutting activities of the second five-year rolling workplan of the ExCom, including progress implementing the workplan and work related to knowledge products and technical guides.
5. Collaboration with the Advisory Board of the Santiago Network for Loss and Damage (Santiago Network).
6. Collaboration with the entities that form the funding arrangements, including the Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage (FRLD).

This living document will provide live updates on all of the agenda items discussed at ExCom 22 and once the meeting has closed, an overview of what was agreed.