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againstwhich action could be tested (see chapter on justice byWallimann-Helmer
et al. 2018). Such shared principleswould support an L&Dworking spacewhere
solutions can be developed (see chapter by Schinko et al. 2018), including tools
to address irreversible losses,which aremostly associatedwith slow-onset events.
While there is general accord around the use of comprehensive riskmanagement
approaches (including risk assessment, reduction, transfer, retention), how to deal
withimpactsfromslowonseteventsremainsanopenquestion.Discourseaboutthose
impactsandefforts todevelopcreativeortransformativeinstruments inresponsehas
been somewhat limited, often hampered by the taboo of compensation. A change
ofnarrative is thereforeneeded.FramingL&Dexclusively in termsof justicemight
haveturnedtheissueintoawin-losenegotiationgame.Instead,abiggeremphasison
mutual gains throughadaptation andactiononL&Dforbothdevelopedanddevel-
oping countries is needed, aswell asmore clarity on the limits of those strategies.
Examplesofsuchmutualgainsaremoreresilientglobal supplychains, reductionof
climaterefugeesandenhancedsecurity.Asaresult,actingonL&Dwouldnotfeelas
aunilateralconcessiondevelopedcountriesmaketovulnerableones: itwouldrather
beabout elaboratingpatternsofcollectiveactiononan issueofcommonconcern.
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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