Afro-Colombian and Indigenous Leadership in Loss and Damage Solutions

This paper from CAFOD partners Centro Sociojurídico SIEMBRA, Pastoral Social Diocesis de Quibdó and Secretariado Nacional de Pastoral Social/Caritas Colombiana Pastoral Social, SCIAF and CAFOD speaks about the catastrophic climate impacts faced by the Afro-Colombian and Indigenous communities in Chocó, Colombia, where we work. It highlights why locally-led solutions and actors are so vitally important to the fightback against climate change.

Policy and research

CAFOD's policy team provides briefings, reports and research on our advocacy and lobbying work, plus materials to support our campaigns.

Policy asks for COP30: Grounded in justice, proven by practice

Community access window in the Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage established by the UNFCCC
Indigenous and Afro-Colombian knowledge and leadership integrated into the design of Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage
Stand-alone target on financing for Loss and Damage at COP30
Recognise biodiversity loss and biocultural damage as forms of Non-Economic Loss and Damage within the scope of the FRLD

The paper is available to download in English and Spanish.

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