Communications Officer for Strengthening the Tuvalu Survival Fund Project

Climate impacts are increasingly leading to loss and damage, particularly in small island developing states (SIDS) such as Tuvalu, as confirmed in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s 6th Assessment Report1. Consequently, global attention on addressing loss and damage has been increasing, with agreement reached last year at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) 28th Conference of the Parties (COP28) to operationalise an international Loss and Damage Fund (LDF). The modalities, access and allocations ofthe Fund are allstill under consideration. Pacific SIDS have been advocating strongly for the fund to be directly accessible by countries and organisations within the countries, to ensure the maximum amount of loss and damage finance can reach people who need it most. Innovative approaches to disbursing loss and damage finance are also being considered, including through sovereign wealth funds. Thus, the Strengthening the Tuvalu Survival Fund Project (S-TSF) has been developed in response to the need for innovative and country-driven approaches to address loss and damage in the Pacific. The S-TSF project aims to strengthen the existing Tuvalu Survival Fund to create and test a window for loss and damage funds under the TSF.