Over the last five COPs, progress on loss and damage has finally shifted from discussion to action, especially with COP27 establishing the Loss and Damage Fund and COP28 operationalizing it with initial pledges. However, earlier COPs offered mostly dialogues with limited finance, and even now funding remains far below what vulnerable countries need, with unresolved justice and equity issues. Overall, I would rate my satisfaction as 3 – Neutral, because while important milestones have been achieved, the pace, scale of finance, and real support for impacted countries are still insufficient.
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I would say as Africa we have had a raw deal since most drivers of loss and damage are promoted since agrarian age by 1st world countries. Thus dissatisfied.