KEY MESSAGES FOR THE SIXTH MEETING OF THE BOARD OF THE FUND FOR RESPONDING TO LOSS AND DAMAGE

BY THE LOSS AND DAMAGE COLLABORATION

4/7/25

A Whaleshark is seen in the waters of the coast of Cebu, in the Philippines, the location where the sixth meeting of the Board of the Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage will take place (Shutterstock).

The sixth meeting (B6) of the Board of the Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage (FRLD) will take place from 9 to 11 of July, 2025 in Cebu, Republic of the Philippines (the documents will be found here and the webcast here). The provisional agenda, includes important issues including:

Operationalising the Barbados Implementation Modalities (BIM);
Establishment of the new, dedicated and independent Secretariat: organisational structure of the Secretariat;
Long-term resource mobilisation strategy and plan to mobilise financial resources;
Performance management process for the Executive Director; and;
Matters related to active observers and other stakeholders.

The following key messages, which will continue to be updated, respond to agenda items 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13 for B6 and build upon and/or situate recommendations from our membership and our work to date on the FRLD.

Read the full text here:

Watch the video here:

The development of these key messages has been supported by the Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung New York Office with support from the German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).

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The publishers are solely responsible for the content of this publication; the opinions presented here do not reflect the position of the BMZ. We also note that views and any errors, are the authors alone and that the content of this brief does not necessarily represent the views of all the members of the Loss and Damage Collaboration.

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