The climate loss fund has cash to cover just 12% of what developing nations are asking for
UNFCCC Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage (FRLD), as of July 2026; US dollars
$2.4bn
shortfall between funding requests from 176 countries and cash held in the fund
Wealthy nations have been slow to convert pledges into cash, leaving the fund's pilot-phase allocation able to reach only a fraction of the most climate-vulnerable communities. At the current rate of resourcing, the $2.4bn shortfall between requests and available cash cannot be cleared.