Project on Loss and Damage Finance

Brenda (she/her) is a climate change advocate with more than eight years of experience in policy advocacy, community engagement, partnerships, climate education, and intergovernmental processes. She is currently a negotiator for Malawi on Loss and Damage and coordinates the Finance Working Group of the Loss and Damage Collaboration. She has expertise in gender and youth mainstreaming and engagement. Brenda is also a farmer and uses the platform to advocate for sustainable food systems.

Teo has worked on advocacy and communications on Loss and Damage finance since before COP 26 and has closely followed the Transitional Committee processes to operationalise the Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage and every meeting of the Fund’ s Board. He has also followed the technical expert dialogues and ad hoc work programme meeting of the New Collective Quantified Goal on Climate Finance and Baku to Belém Roadmap to 1.3T. He is the co-author of a number of briefs on Loss and Damage finance and the Fund including “The Cost of Delay”.

Hyacinthe (she/her) is a water scientist with experience in the fields of Loss and Damage as well as broader climate policy. In her role, she oversees day-to-day operations, coordinates the L&DC membership and leads and supports the delivery of technical outputs—particularly related to the Warsaw International Mechanism for Loss and Damage and its Santiago Network. She also co-leads our Santiago Network project, where she drives member engagement and coordination.