This panel discussion, held during SLYCAN Trust’s High-Level Forum on Climate Finance and Climate-Related Extreme Events in Colombo on 20 January 2026, examines the evolving architecture for loss and damage finance and the practical realities of accessing available funding.

Panellists reflect on the roles of the Santiago Network, the Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage, the Green Climate Fund, and the Warsaw International Mechanism, and discuss coordination challenges, institutional coherence, and national capacity needs.

Panellists:

• Angela Rivera — Co-Chair, Santiago Network Advisory Board

• Thibyan Ibrahim — Advisor to the Board Member (SIDS), Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage

• Amjad Abdullah — Board Member, Green Climate Fund; Member, UNFCCC Standing Committee on Finance

• Mohammed Hafijul Islam Khan — Co-Chair, Executive Committee of the Warsaw International Mechanism

Moderator: Dennis Mombauer — Director, Research & Knowledge Management, SLYCAN Trust