help and only make a mere $600 to $800 monthly in SSI, Supplemental Security Income. Loss and damages need to be addressed in both the US global south as well as developing countries. More importantly is the question, "who really suffers from loss and damages?" When we do not address these issues that come about because of climate change, we see an escalation of climate refugees, or migrants who oppose on the borders of nations around the world due to drought and water shortages. When we fail to address loss and damages, then we find that governments become unstable, and wars break out as they have in Syria, Somalia, and many other countries around the world. So, who experiences loss and damages? When it comes to people suffering from droughts, starvation, and death such as the 6,000 people lost in Pakistan or the 30 out of 36 states in Nigeria that are currently flooded, we all lose. Unrest, war, and mass migrations impact countries like the United States as well. We find that losses and damages are better addressed proactively rather than having to spend billions of dollars later to help with wars, civil unrest, starvation, hunger, and disasters.
So, who loses and who suffers damages? All of us, including the developed countries that feel that losses and damages are not their problem. After participating in COP27, I feel we all should advocate to our governing bodies such as Congress to take immediate action to pass policies that help people with loss and damages, especially in developing countries. Although, in developed countries there are other injustices like sacrifice zones at play. Whose loss, whose damages? Each and every one of us when we forget that we are our brother's keeper.
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