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Chapter9 TheImpactsofClimateChange onEcosystemServicesandResulting LossesandDamages toPeople andSociety KeesvanderGeest,AlexdeSherbinin,StefanKienberger,ZintaZommers, AshaSitati,ErinRobertsandRachelJames Abstract So far, studies of Loss andDamage from climate change have focused primarilyonhumansystemsandtendedtooverlookthemediatingroleofecosystems and the services ecosystemsprovide to society.This is a significant knowledgegap because lossesanddamages tohumansystemsoften result frompermanentor tem- porarydisturbancestoecosystemsservicescausedbyclimaticstressors.Thischapter triestoadvanceunderstandingoftheimpactsofclimaticstressorsonecosystemsand K.vanderGeest (B) UnitedNationsUniversity Institute forEnvironmentandHumanSecurity (UNU-EHS), Bonn,Germany e-mail: geest@ehs.unu.edu A.deSherbinin Center for InternationalEarthScience InformationNetwork (CIESIN), TheEarth InstituteatColumbiaUniversity,NewYork,USA S.Kienberger DepartmentofGeoinformatics–Z-GIS,UniversityofSalzburg,Salzburg,Austria Z.Zommers MercyCorps,London,UK A.Sitati UniversityCollegeLondon,London,UK E.Roberts King’sCollege,London,UK R.James DepartmentofOceanography,EnvironmentalChangeInstitute,UniversityofOxford,Oxford,UK R.James UniversityofCapeTown,CapeTown,SouthAfrica ©TheAuthor(s)2019 R.Mechler et al. (eds.),LossandDamage fromClimateChange,ClimateRisk Management,PolicyandGovernance,https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-72026-5_9 221