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Putting human rights in the centre

The global loss and damage fund is essential to provide support for climate-impacted groups and help their local initiatives for adaptation. Now, research focusing on the Vanuatu population highlights the necessity to put human rights as a central consideration for loss and damage fund agendas.

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Parsons, M. Putting human rights in the centre. Nat. Clim. Chang. 13, 1282–1283 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-023-01850-x

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