"Protecting the most vulnerable while working for climate justice", 12 March 2019

[T]he world’s poorest countries, which have done the least to cause the climate crisis, are often impacted the hardest. This can cause further vulnerability, poverty and debt, and mitigating this is a priority when we address climate change... The study, titled “Climate Finance for Addressing Loss and Damage. How to Mobilize Support for Developing Countries to Tackle Loss and Damage,”... highlights the needs of the most vulnerable and the responsibility of polluters. [The report] introduces four key principles for climate justice and for addressing loss and damage because of climate change: 

• mutuality, e.g. pooling and sharing among those affected, 
• solidarity, e.g. leaving no one behind, 
• accountability, e.g. meeting human rights standards, and 
• transparency, e.g. participation and empowerment.  

The study concludes with a number of concrete recommendations, that include adopting “human rights-based approach” by all mechanisms that contribute to financially addressing loss and damage, exploring the levying of a general carbon tax at national levels, and the establishment of a “Global Solidarity Fund to address loss and damage.”