The Committee is concerned that, given its importance to Small Island Developing States, the UK SIDS Strategy makes no mention of issues of loss and damage. We are also disappointed that, having stated its aspiration in the SIDS Strategy to “lend [ … ] our voice to advocate for issues important to SIDS internationally”, the UK opposed the SIDS’ position and supported the hosting of the Loss and Damage Fund in the World Bank, even if this was on an “interim” basis. However, as holder of a seat...

The Committee is concerned that, given its importance to Small Island Developing States, the UK SIDS Strategy makes no mention of issues of loss and damage. We are also disappointed that, having stated its aspiration in the SIDS Strategy to “lend [ … ] our voice to advocate for issues important to SIDS internationally”, the UK opposed the SIDS’ position and supported the hosting of the Loss and Damage Fund in the World Bank, even if this was on an “interim” basis. However, as holder of a seat on the Loss and Damage Fund board, the UK now has the opportunity to advocate in favour of the SIDS’ position in decisions over how finance will be disb Type: conclusion | Number: 11 | Paragraph: 43 | Response status: not_addressed Government response: The UK was one of the first countries to pledge support to help to establish the new Fund for responding to Loss and Damage. Through our seat on the Fund’s Board, the UK will push for minimum allocations for the poorest and most vulnerable countri