Addressing Non-Economic Loss and Damage (NELD) in The Pacific
Through our previous grant to UUSC, we supported 7 civil society organizations across the Pacific to collaboratively assess and address the climate-induced loss and damage faced by their communities. Under CJRF’s Communities First Pilot Fund, UUSC and CJRF will deploy a 3-year, $975,000 USD grant to support these partners specifically to address non-economic loss and damage. Funds also enable these partners to engage in south-south learning and advocacy with CJR’s NELD partners in other regions.
This grant will help create:
- A regional, collaborative regranting initiative that will support activities to address non-economic loss and damage across the Pacific.
- A clearer and more nuanced understanding of the types of non-economic loss and damage experienced in the Pacific, and the ways of addressing this loss and damage as identified by communities themselves.
- A systemic, non-burdensome monitoring, evaluation, and learning approach that will identify impacts of the grant in the Pacific, as well as lessons for the operationalization of loss and damage funding more broadly.
