Harjeet Singh
@harjeet11
Climate Activist | Global Engagement Director @FossilTreaty | Co-founder @SatatSampada
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1/17 1st Board meeting of the #LossandDamage Fund: Day 1⃣ came to a close with some committee musical chairs. Host country, rules of procedure, Secretariat Executive Director, CSO engagement - the Board's got a lot on its plate. But hey, no pressure, right?⏰ Here is the tea 🧵
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1/39. The first meeting of the Board of the #LossAndDamage Fund started today in Abu Dhabi, in the UAE 🇦🇪. Here are some of our key takeaways 🤔 and some important messages 🗣️from the first day of the first meeting of the Board. 🧵
36/39. “The [ #LossAndDamage ] needs amounts to hundreds of billions, and the policies must be designed with the clarity that the #LossAndDamage Fund will need to channel such a scale of money.” Harjeet Singh of the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative.
![36/39. “The [#LossAndDamage] needs amounts to hundreds of billions, and the policies must be designed with the clarity that the #LossAndDamage Fund will need to channel such a scale of money.” @harjeet11 of the @fossiltreaty.](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GMbTtQcXwAAzASt.jpg "Loss and Damage Collaboration (L&DC) (@LossandDamage) on Twitter photo 2024-04-30 16:41:39 36/39. “The [#LossAndDamage] needs amounts to hundreds of billions, and the policies must be designed with the clarity that the #LossAndDamage Fund will need to channel such a scale of money.” @harjeet11 of the @fossiltreaty.")
During this dialogue, brilliant colleagues Liane Schalatek Isatis M. Cintrón Harjeet Singh & Tunga Sampang Rai shared CSO and Indigenous Peoples' expectations:
⚖️ Work plan anchored in #HumanRights
🗣️ Enhanced participation framework, incl. for #IndigenousPeoples
💰 Capitalization at scale
Also great the agenda was adjusted & space made to hear from civil society observers for an early discussion on enabling their meaningful #participation ..including & beyond the existing UNFCCC constituencies & with specific reference made to #displaced peoples representation. 🎉
Great to hear Harjeet Singh talking about the #ClimateDamagesTax at the first meeting of the Board of the #LossAndDamage Fund just now 👏
It's time to #MakePollutersPay
Harjeet Singh Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative UN Climate Change Climate Action Network International (CAN) Stamp out Poverty Greenpeace International Make Polluters Pay Greenpeace PressDesk Friends of the Earth Greenpeace InternationalUK Heinrich Böll Foundation, Washington, DC 3/3. Harjeet Singh of the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative speaks at the first meeting of the Board of the #LossAndDamage Fund, which started today in Abu Dhabi, UAE 🇦🇪.
📜Read the new #ClimateDamagesTax report here: stampoutpoverty.org/wf_library_pos…
🔗Watch again via the webcast here: youtube.com/embed/X-xASNf3…
Harjeet Singh Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative UN Climate Change Climate Action Network International (CAN) Stamp out Poverty Greenpeace International Make Polluters Pay Greenpeace PressDesk Friends of the Earth Greenpeace InternationalUK Heinrich Böll Foundation, Washington, DC 2/3. “A #ClimateDamagesTax on #FossilFuel extraction could raise $900bn by 2030 in OECD countries. The #FossilFuel industry is making hundreds of billions of dollars when people are facing the energy and #ClimateCrisis …We need to #FixTheFinance .”
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1/3. “ #ClimateChange is costing the world $16m (USD) per hour… #FossilFuel subsidies are being provided to the tune of $13m per minute…. It's not lack of money, its money going to the wrong places.” Harjeet Singh of Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative on sources of finance for the #LossAndDamage Fund.
2/2. Harjeet Singh of the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative on the responsibility of the Board to ensure that the #LossAndDamage Fund can meaningful address #LossAndDamage . The first meeting of the Board of the #LossAndDamage Fund in Abu Dhabi, UAE 🇦🇪.
🔗Find the webcast here: youtube.com/embed/X-xASNf3…
1/2. “The world has entrusted the Board [of the #LossAndDamage Fund] with the responsibility to not just create another fund, but one that meets the needs of the millions of people facing impacts through no fault of their own.” Harjeet Singh of the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative.
![1/2. “The world has entrusted the Board [of the #LossAndDamage Fund] with the responsibility to not just create another fund, but one that meets the needs of the millions of people facing impacts through no fault of their own.” @harjeet11 of the @fossiltreaty.](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GMannJ9XQAEYCUL.jpg "Loss and Damage Collaboration (L&DC) (@LossandDamage) on Twitter photo 2024-04-30 13:25:07 1/2. “The world has entrusted the Board [of the #LossAndDamage Fund] with the responsibility to not just create another fund, but one that meets the needs of the millions of people facing impacts through no fault of their own.” @harjeet11 of the @fossiltreaty.")
2/3. “Rich countries must provide hundreds of billions annually with the speed and scale necessary for the recovery and rebuilding of lives and livelihoods shattered by #ClimateCrises in poorer nations.'
1/3.“The [ #LossAndDamage ] need amounts to hundreds of billions, and the policies must be designed with the clarity that the #LossAndDamage Fund will need to channel such a scale of money.” Harjeet Singh of the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative at the 1st meeting of the Board of the #LossAndDamage Fund.
![1/3.“The [#LossAndDamage] need amounts to hundreds of billions, and the policies must be designed with the clarity that the #LossAndDamage Fund will need to channel such a scale of money.” @harjeet11 of the @fossiltreaty at the 1st meeting of the Board of the #LossAndDamage Fund.](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GMamWAyWUAEH79r.jpg "Loss and Damage Collaboration (L&DC) (@LossandDamage) on Twitter photo 2024-04-30 13:18:54 1/3.“The [#LossAndDamage] need amounts to hundreds of billions, and the policies must be designed with the clarity that the #LossAndDamage Fund will need to channel such a scale of money.” @harjeet11 of the @fossiltreaty at the 1st meeting of the Board of the #LossAndDamage Fund.")
TODAY: Start of the 1st #LossandDamage Fund Board meeting.
Read Climate Action Network International (CAN) and Women & Gender Constituency expectations towards the Board in 2024 here: climatenetwork.org/resource/expec…
Follow Brandon Wu, Isatis M. Cintrón, Liane Schalatek, Harjeet Singh, Claire Miranda, Lien Vandamme , Dr Sindra Sharma for updates
The Board of the new #LossAndDamage Fund meets for the 1st time, starting today in Abu Dhabi. Discover civil society - Climate Action Network International (CAN) & Women & Gender Constituency - expectations and key issues the LDF Board needs to deliver in 2024 in this 🧵 & via the link. (1/13)
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