Climate finance and debt, loss and damage (Climate justice and loss and damage in the Pacific conference)

As climate change accelerates, Pacific Island nations face the twin challenges of increasing climate vulnerability and financial constraints that limit their ability to invest in resilience and recovery. This podcast will explore what a just and effective climate finance system could look like in the next decade and the structural barriers that must be overcome to achieve transformative change. This podcast was recorded as part of the Climate justice and loss and damage in the Pacific conference.Timestamps:00:51 - Introduction05:54 - Loss and damage debates need to engage with a dual debt crisis: the ecological debt owed by the Global North to the Global South and how this is entangled with broader questions of justice18:52 - The Pacific Resilience Facility (PRF) as the first Pacific-led, owned and managed regional resilience financing facility for community climate and disaster resilience31:29 - The dual challenge faced by many developing countries: unsustainable debt and increasing climate vulnerability42:50 - Q+ASpeakers:Associate Professor Kate Owens (Chair), Sydney Law School, University of SydneyFinau Soqo, Manager, Pacific Resilience FacilityMagalie Masamba, law and policy advisorDr Julia Dehm, La Trobe University Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.