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Chapter2 TheEthicalChallenges in theContext ofClimateLossandDamage IvoWallimann-Helmer,LukasMeyer,KianMintz-Woo,ThomasSchinko andOliviaSerdeczny Abstract This chapter lays out what we take to be themain types of justice and ethical challenges concerning those adverse effects of climate change leading to climate-related Loss and Damage (L&D).We argue that it is essential to clearly differentiatebetweenthechallengesconcerningmitigationandadaptationandthose ethical issues exclusively relevant for L&D in order to address the ethical aspects pertaining to L&D in international climate policy. First, we show that depending on howmitigation and adaptation are distinguished fromL&D, the primary focus of policymeasures and their ethical implicationswill vary. Second,wedistinguish between a distributive justice framework and a compensatory justice scheme for deliveringL&Dmeasures.Third, inorder tounderstand thedifferentiated remedial responsibilitiesconcerningL&D,wecategorise themeasuresandpolicyapproaches available. Fourth, dependingon thekindofL&Dandwhich remedies arepossible, weexplainthedifferencebetweenremedialandoutcomeresponsibilitiesofdifferent actors. Keywords LossandDamage · Justice ·Responsibility ·Compensation Liability ·Distributive justice ·Compensatory justice ·Ethics I.Wallimann-Helmer (B) Center forEthics,UniversityofZurich,Zurich,Switzerland e-mail:wallimann@philos.uzh.ch L.Meyer ·K.Mintz-Woo DepartmentofPhilosophy,SectionMoral andPoliticalPhilosophy, UniversityofGraz,Graz,Austria T.Schinko International Institute forAppliedSystemsAnalysis (IIASA),Laxenburg,Austria O.Serdeczny ClimateAnalyticsGmbH,Berlin,Germany ©TheAuthor(s)2019 R.Mechler et al. (eds.),LossandDamage fromClimateChange,ClimateRisk Management,PolicyandGovernance,https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-72026-5_2 39