Kate Cook speaks to Dr. Patrick Toussaint (external link),our Research and Policy Advisor - about the international legal response to climate related loss and damage.
Kate and Patrick discuss the climate regime's Loss and Damage Fund and Warsaw International Mechanism, climate reparations and their connection to racial and postcolonial justice, and the implications of the ICJ's Advisory Opinion on state responsibility.
One common theme throughout their discussion is the gross mismatch between what is needed and what is currently available to address catastrophic impacts that are already occurring.