At its fifth meeting, the Executive Committee (ExCom) of the Warsaw International Mechanism for Loss and Damage associated with Climate Change Impacts (WIM) will address, inter alia: the current status of the mandates ensuing from decision 1/CP.21, paragraphs 48 and 49, namely establishing a clearing house for risk transfer that serves as a repository for information on insurance and risk transfer, and establishing a task force to develop recommendations for integrated approaches to avert,minimize and address displacement related to the adverse impacts of climate change; implementing activities of the initial two-year workplan; and development of activities for the five-year rolling workplan, taking into account, inter alia, relevant inputs made by Parties and relevant organizations.  

dates: 21-24 March 2017  
location: Bonn, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany  
contact: UNFCCC Secretariat  
www: http://unfccc.int/adaptation/groups_committees/loss_and_damage_executive_committee/items/7543.php
 http://unfccc.int/adaptation/workstreams/loss_and_damage/items/9073.php