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1 Science forLossandDamage.FindingsandPropositions 7
including those that have only recently become available. As such, this volume is
the first comprehensive outcome of the Loss andDamageNetwork, a partnership
effort by scientists and practitioners, which includesmembers frommore than 40
institutionsaround theglobe.Aimedat informing research, policy, practice and the
interestedpublic, thisbook:
• discusses thepolitical, legal, economicand institutionaldimensionsofL&D,
• introducesnormativeandethicalquestionscentral to thediscourse,
• highlights the roleofclimate risksandclimate riskmanagement,
• presents salient case studies fromaround theworld,
• identifies practical and evidence-based policy and implementation options, and
thus
• supports the science-policy dialogue and possible future directions of the L&D
discourse, bothunderandoutside theParisAgreement.
The volume overall is organised into five sections: Sect. 1 sets the stage with
key concepts and insights regarding trends in impacts and risks, while Sect. 2
presents critical issues that increasingly are shaping the policy discourse. In
Sect. 3,methods and tools for research and practice are reviewed in terms of
their applicability, Sect. 4 presents place-based evidence and insights on losses
anddamages aswell as any soft andhard limitsacross geographies, andfinally in
Sect.5,policyoptionsandotheractionsfortheL&Ddiscoursearediscussed.This
introductorychapterfurtherelaboratesontheevolutionofthediscourse,presentskey
conceptsof relevanceandsalience that arise fromthebook, shortly summarises the
individual chapters, and concludes by outlining a number of propositions that link
relevantfindings to forward-lookingsuggestions for research,practiceandpolicy.
1.2 Evolution of the PolicyDiscourse
Formal and informal deliberations regarding “dangerous” climate-related risks and
sharing the burdens (including justice considerations) associatedwith responses to
climate change have been fundamental for shaping the climate debate since the
beginning(seealsochapterbyCalliari etal.2018; seeFig.1.1).Science, inparticu-
larasreportedbytheIPCCassessments,hashadamajorimpactonpolicyformulation
and decisions as part of theUNFCCC (see Fig. 1.2). Given the ultimate objective
as stipulated by theUNFCCC in 1992 “to prevent dangerous anthropogenic inter-
ferencewith theclimate system”(UN1992,Art. 2), the focusof theUNFCCCwas
originally–andcontinues topredominantlybe–onclimatemitigationresponses.The
first discussions about L&Dwere initiated by theAlliance of Small Island States
(AOSIS) in theearly1990swithdue linkages tomitigation.During thenegotiations
that led to adoption of theUNFCCC in 1992, AOSIS proposed the establishment
of, what they called, an international insurance scheme–also referred to by some
asacompensation fund–tobe supportedbymandatorycontributions fromindustri-
alisedpartiesonthebasisof theirgrossnationalproductandrelativegreenhousegas
emissions (INC1991).
Loss and Damage from Climate Change
Concepts, Methods and Policy Options
- Title
- Loss and Damage from Climate Change
- Subtitle
- Concepts, Methods and Policy Options
- Authors
- Reinhard Mechler
- Laurens M. Bouwer
- Thomas Schinko
- Swenja Surminski
- JoAnne Linnerooth-Bayer
- Publisher
- Springer Open
- Date
- 2019
- Language
- English
- License
- CC BY 4.0
- ISBN
- 978-3-319-72026-5
- Size
- 16.0 x 24.0 cm
- Pages
- 580
- Keywords
- Environment, Climate change, Environmental law, Environmental policy, Risk management
- Categories
- International
- Naturwissenschaften Umwelt und Klima