DAILY POLICY UPDATES FOR THE FIFTH MEETING OF THE BOARD OF FUND FOR RESPONDING TO LOSS AND DAMAGE

By The Loss and Damage Collaboration

8/4/25

The climate crisis poses significant threats to sea turtles in Barbados, including sea-level rise impacting nesting habitats, increased extreme weather events, and warming temperatures affecting hatchling success. At the fifth meeting of the Board of the Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage, in Bridgetown, Barbados, Board members will discuss how the Fund will get to work in its start up phase, including how the FRLD will address non-economic loss and damage such as biodiversity loss. (Steven M Lang / Shutterstock).

The fifth meeting of the Board (B5) of the Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage (FRLD) will take place between the 8th and 10th of April, in Bridgetown in Barbados. The provisional agenda (rev.1) includes important issues including but not limited to:

Status of resources
Establishing the Budget committee of the Board and agreeing upon the administrative budget of the Secretariat, Interim Trustee and Board.
Proposal for the start-up phase of the Fund in line with decision B.4/D.31.
Co-Chair’s proposal: Guidance from the twenty-ninth session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the sixth session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement (CMA).
Guidelines for the participation of Advisers in meetings of the Board and meetings of committees.
Dialogue with civil society.

Across the next three days we will provide live updates on all of the agenda items discussed in open sessions by the Board.

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