Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage (FRLD)

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Type of Recipient
Public entity at the national level
Public entity at the regional level
International organization
Region
East Asia and Pacific
Europe and Central Asia
Latin America and the Caribbean
Middle East and North Africa
South Asia
Sub-Saharan Africa
Fund Size

As of November 19th, 2025, a total of USD 821.74 million has been pledged to the FRLD

Co-financing Requirement
No
Application Timeframe

June 2026

Sectors and Themes
Disaster Risk Reduction
Economic Recovery
Education
Climate Objective
Cross-cutting
Type of Support Provider
Multilateral
Trustee or Administrator
World Bank
Contact Information

[email protected]

Official Website
https://www.frld.org/

The Fund for responding to Loss and Damage (FRLD), an operating entity under the financial mechanism of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), addresses the growing needs of vulnerable communities in developing countries facing the irreversible impacts of climate change. By financing recovery initiatives from climate-related losses and damage, the Fund empowers communities to rebuild and adapt. It strives for country-led locally driven solutions, ensuring interventions are aligned to country needs, priorities and contexts.

Support Provider

United Arab Emirates (UAE), Germany, France, United Kingdom, Spain, Australia, Ireland, Austria, Norway, and Denmark

Purpose of Support
Project and program implementation
Funding Type
Grants
Loans (concessional and market-rate)
Organizational and Decision Making Structure

The FRLD is governed by a 26‑member Board, which serves as the Fund’s highest decision‑making authority.

Composition:

  • 12 members from developed country Parties
  • 14 from developing country Parties, including:
    • 3 from Asia‑Pacific States
    • 3 from African States
    • 3 from Latin American & Caribbean States
    • 2 from Small Island Developing States (SIDS)
    • 2 from Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
    • 1 from another developing country grouping

To learn more about the Organizational and Decision-Making Structure, please follow this link.

Eligibility Criteria

The eligible activities for funding under the Barbados Implementation Modalities are as follows: 

a. Activities responding to economic and non-economic loss and damage associated with the adverse effects of climate change, which may address a variety of challenges associated with the adverse effects of climate change, such as climate-related emergencies, sea level rise, displacement, relocation, migration, insufficient climate information and data, and the need for climate-resilient reconstruction and recovery (Governing Instrument, para. 6). Examples include:  

  • i. Activities that are complementary to humanitarian actions taken immediately after an extreme weather event.  
  • ii. Activities for intermediate or long-term recovery, reconstruction or rehabilitation.  
  • iii. Activities that address slow onset events.  
  • iv. Activities for developing national response plans, addressing insufficient climate information and data; and promoting equitable, safe and dignified mobility in the form of displacement, relocation and migration in cases of temporary and permanent loss and damage; (Governing Instrument, paras. 8–9)  

b. Activities focused on priority gaps within the current landscape of institutions, including global, regional and national institutions that are funding activities related to responding to loss and damage. (Governing Instrument, para. 7)  

Further information is available at this link.

Eligible Countries

Eligibility is not restricted to ODA-eligible countries. All developing countries that are particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change and are parties to the UNFCCC and the Paris Agreement are eligible to receive resources from the Fund.