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Chapter1 Science forLoss andDamage.Findings andPropositions Reinhard Mechler, ElisaCalliari, Laurens M.Bouwer,Thomas Schinko, Swenja Surminski, JoAnne Linnerooth-Bayer,Jeroen Aerts,Wouter Botzen, EmilyBoyd,Natalie DeliaDeckard, Jan S. Fuglestvedt, Mikel González-Eguino, MarjolijnHaasnoot,John Handmer, Masroora Haque, AlisonHeslin,Stefan Hochrainer-Stigler,Christian Huggel, Saleemul Huq,Rachel James, Richard G. Jones, Sirkku Juhola, Adriana Keating,Stefan Kienberger,Sönke Kreft,Onno Kuik, MiaLandauer, Finn Laurien, Judy Lawrence, Ana Lopez,Wei Liu, PiotrMagnuszewski,Anil Markandya,Benoit Mayer, IanMcCallum, ColinMcQuistan, Lukas Meyer,Kian Mintz-Woo,Arianna Montero-Colbert, Jaroslav Mysiak, Johanna Nalau, IlanNoy, Robert Oakes, Friederike E.L. Otto, Mousumi Pervin, ErinRoberts,Laura Schäfer, Paolo Scussolini,OliviaSerdeczny,Alex deSherbinin, Florentina Simlinger, AshaSitati,Saibeen Sultana, Hannah R. Young, Kees van der Geest, Marc van den Homberg, Ivo Wallimann-Helmer,Koko Warner and ZintaZommers Abstract The debate on “Loss andDamage” (L&D) has gained traction over the last fewyears. Supported by growing scientific evidence of anthropogenic climate change amplifying frequency, intensity and duration of climate-related hazards as well asobserved increases inclimate-related impactsandrisks inmanyregions, the E.Calliari ·L.M.Bouwer ·T.Schinko ·S.Surminski · J.Linnerooth-Bayer · J.Aerts · W.Botzen ·E.Boyd ·N.D.Deckard · J.S.Fuglestvedt ·M.González-Eguino ·M.Haasnoot · J.Handmer ·M.Haque ·A.Heslin ·S.Hochrainer-Stigler ·C.Huggel ·S.Huq ·R.James · R.G. Jones ·S. Juhola ·A.Keating ·S.Kienberger ·S.Kreft ·O.Kuik ·M.Landauer · F.Laurien · J.Lawrence ·A.Lopez ·W.Liu ·P.Magnuszewski ·A.Markandya ·B.Mayer · I.McCallum ·C.McQuistan ·L.Meyer ·K.Mintz-Woo ·A.Montero-Colbert · J.Mysiak · J.Nalau · I.Noy ·R.Oakes ·F.E.L.Otto ·M.Pervin ·E.Roberts ·L.Schäfer ·P.Scussolini · O.Serdeczny ·A.deSherbinin ·F.Simlinger ·A.Sitati ·S.Sultana ·H.R.Young ·K.van derGeest ·M.vandenHomberg · I.Wallimann-Helmer ·K.Warner ·Z.Zommers International Institute forAppliedSystemsAnalysis (IIASA),Laxenburg,Austria R.Mechler (B) International Institute forAppliedSystemsAnalysis (IIASA),Laxenburg,Austria e-mail:mechler@iiasa.ac.at R.Mechler ViennaUniversityofEconomicsandBusiness,Vienna,Austria ©TheAuthor(s)2019 R.Mechler et al. (eds.),LossandDamage fromClimateChange,ClimateRisk Management,PolicyandGovernance,https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-72026-5_1 3