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By itself, the pledges committed to the fund are gravely insufficient to meet the actual costs of addressing climate damages and adaptation financing needs. Most climate-related migration occurs within affected countries. Trade facilitation would offer vulnerable countries an opportunity to become s
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  • By itself, the pledges committed to the fund are gravely insufficient to meet the actual costs of addressing climate damages and adaptation financing needs.
  • Most climate-related migration occurs within affected countries.
  • Trade facilitation would offer vulnerable countries an opportunity to become stronger economically and less dependent on aid. This resilience would stem from job creation, but also from private and foreign investors interested in business opportunities resulting from trade advantages and transfers of technological capacity adapted to climate change...
  • The most immediate pathway is to explore the incorporation of this policy idea into the United States’ and the European Union’s Generalized System/Schemes of Preferences (GSPs).

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