The Minister of Environment, Maisa Rojas, in the current government tour in New York.Photo: MMAScientific profile of Environment Minister Maisa Rojas allowed her to be summoned to the discussion on "Loss and damage" at the COP27 to be held in Egypt.The Minister of the Environment, Maisa Rojas, will guide the discussion on one of the most relevant topics of the next Conference of the Parties (COP) of the United Nations on Climate Change: the negotiations on "Loss and Damage".Maisa Rojas explained that, in the context of the United Nations General Assembly, the president of COP27, Egypt, invited Chile and Germany to co-facilitate the discussion on loss and damage."It is a great honor for me to accept this invitation and help guide this discussion."Accompanying the minister will be Jennifer Morgan, current German climate commissioner and former chief executive of Greenpeace.“Loss and damage refers to the impacts that many countries are already experiencing and that cause them considerable damage.Let's remember that, just a couple of weeks ago, the floods in Pakistan left a third of the country under water.Losses refer to irreversible changes due to climate change,” explained Minister Rojas, who has a doctorate in Atmospheric Physics from the University of Oxford.The head of the Environment added that “this is a very sensitive issue and where there are many expectations that it can be dealt with in the framework of the conversations that take place in the COPs.I am very excited to be able to help in this discussion.”For Minister Rojas, the importance of Chile being asked to facilitate this issue lies in recognition of the efforts that our country is making to address the climate crisis, with an emphasis on those who are being most vulnerable in what it represents. loss and damage."This is an extremely complex issue and the hope is that the countries can take a first step in a process that should be increasingly ambitious in this area," she added.Regarding the agenda in New York, Minister Rojas commented that “the General Assembly of the United Nations also serves as a huge platform to develop many other environmental discussions.For example, this morning Chile joined the High Ambition Coalition to End Plastic Pollution.And in the afternoon, we will join the board of directors of the Coalition for the Planet, Nature and People, within the framework of the Biodiversity Convention”.Asked about President Gabriel Boric's attendance at COP 27 in Egypt, Minister Rojas replies that "in principle, yes, it is planned that the President will attend, but one knows that the presidents' agendas change quickly."The concept of "Loss and Damage" is related to extreme weather events, which can cause loss and damage to society, infrastructure and the natural environment.These are impacts that occur from a combination of anthropogenic climate change and natural climate variability.Climate change affects the variables on which droughts, heat waves, fires, precipitation depend, intensifying them and, therefore, making their effects increasingly destructive.Financing for loss and damage has historically been an issue that developing countries have wanted to put on the table in negotiations and that developed countries try to avoid, especially when referring to compensation and liability.The 27th United Nations Conference of the Parties (COP) on Climate Change will be held between November 6 and 18 this year in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt.Please log in to La Tercera to access the comments.The viaduct will be under 40 meters of the Baltic Sea and at the same time will have a road, which will reduce the travel time from 45 minutes to just 10.© 2022 La Tercera, digital innovation.All rights reserved.