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sea level rise. Local impacts are of relevance aswell, particularly those on social
systemsandresponses.Arcticcommunitieshavehadtoseekwaystodealwithrapidly
changingenvironmentalconditionsthatareleadingtosocial impactssuchasthrough
outmigration, similar to the experience in the global South. Yet, the international
debateonL&DhasnotsufficientlyaddressedtheArcticregionsofar.Intheirchapter
onLoss and Damage in the Rapidly Changing ArcticMiaLandauer andSirkku
Juhola provide thefirst such research contribution reviewing the literature to show
what impactsofclimatechangearealreadyvisible intheArctic.Theauthorspresent
a literature reviewwith local cases to provide empirical evidence of climate losses
and damages in the region. Particularly, they show that there is solid evidence and
examples of outmigration and relocation. In addition to the implications ofArctic
losses anddamages for the internationaldebate, theauthors suggest aneed fornew
governancemechanismsand institutional frameworks to tackle losses anddamages
in thisquicklychanging region.
1.4.5 PolicyOptionsandOtherResponseMechanisms
for theL&DDiscourse
Thefinalsectionofthebookdealswithpolicyoptionsandotherresponsemechanisms
relevanttoL&D.ThechapterbyMasrooraHaque,MousumiPervin,SaibeenSultana
andSaleemulHuqonTowards Establishing a National Mechanism to Address
Loss and Damage: A Case Study from Bangladesh reports on innovative efforts
that areunderway toestablishanationalmechanismthat addresses lossesanddam-
ages inBangladesh–ahighlyclimate-vulnerablecountrywhich,at thesametime, is
oneof theforerunners incomprehensiveriskmanagement.Bangladeshhasahistory
ofwell-establishedDRRpolicies involving institutionsatnational andsub-national
levels, aswell as political and regulatory institutions. Furthermore, the countryhas
beenoneofthefirsttoestablishaNationalAdaptationProgrammeofAction(NAPA),
whichhasledtotheBangladeshClimateChangeStrategyandActionPlan.Lossand
Damageiscurrentlynotexplicitlyaddressed,yetparticularly theworkareaoncom-
prehensiveDisasterManagement provides an entry pointwith activities underway
orplannedon insurance,aswellason tacklingclimatemigrationanddisplacement.
TakingexplicitaccountofL&DisthemaingapinBangladesh’sadaptationandDRR
policyframework,and thus themotivationbehind theplans is tosetupa legislative,
institutional and policy-related mechanism to address climate-induced losses and
damages.
AspresentedbyFlorentinaSimlingerandBenoitMayer, legalactionsonclimate
change are proliferating. The contribution byWilliam Frank, Christoph Bals and
JuliaGrimmontheCaseof Huaraz:FirstClimateLawsuitonLossandDamage
against an Energy Company before German Courts reports on thefirst climate
litigation lawsuit inGermany and thefirst specifically onL&D.The case has been
brought forward by the plaintiff, Saul LucianoLliuya of the city ofHuaraz in the
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