Loss and Damage at COP30: Indigenous Leaders Challenge Top-Down Finance Models By Jennifer Xin-Tsu Lin Levine Copyright © 2025 IPS-Inter Press Service.

https://www.ipsnews.net/2025/09/loss-and-damage-at-cop30-indigenous-leaders-challenge-top-down-finance-models/ UNITED NATIONS, Sep 17 2025 (IPS) - As climate-induced disasters continue to devastate the Global South, nations are steadily mounting pressure at the United Nations for wealthier countries to deliver on long-promised climate reparations through the Loss and Damage Fund. For Indigenous peoples, whose territories are often the most ecologically intact yet most damaged by climate change, these negotiations define survival, sovereignty and recognition as rights-holders in global climate governance. Copyright © 2025 IPS-Inter Press Service.