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9 The ImpactsofClimateChangeonEcosystemServices… 233
be improved, includinghownon-economic losses anddamages associatedwith the
lossofecosystemservicescanbebetteraddressed.This includesgatheringevidence
on the potential for, and the limits to, ecosystem-based adaptation in a number of
areas. Examples may include the ability of intact mangrove ecosystems to limit
coastal erosion from sea level rise and storm surge, the potential for wetlands to
reduce flood damage by absorbing runoff fromheavy rainfall and releasingwater
gradually, or the potential and the limits for greening urban areas to reduce heat
stressandconsequent remediationofhealth risks. In suchevaluationsofadaptation
and riskmanagement efforts, it is of paramount importance to include the views
ofbeneficiaries, particularlywhen the intendedproject beneficiaries arevulnerable
peoplewith limitedpolitical capital (seealsoPouwetal. 2017).
Acknowledgements The authors would like to acknowledge the contributions of Tricia Chai-
Onn, Alphonse Pinto, and Sylwia Trzaska at CIESIN, and Alessandra Giannini at the Interna-
tional Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI), Columbia University. The Division of
EarlyWarning andAssessment (DEWA), sub-programSP-7, of theUnitedNationsEnvironment
Programme (UNEP) generously provided the funding for the report (UNEP2016) onwhich this
chapter isbased.The report benefited frominputs and reviewsbyRyanAlaniz,StephanieAndrei,
BarneyDickson, Adrian Fenton, Ebinezer Florano, KashmalaKakakhel, AndrewKruczkiewicz,
PeterMcDonald,CatherineMcMullen, Sebastian d’Oleire-Oltmanns, JanakPathak,MarcoPoet-
sch,HannahReid,AlexandraRĂĽth,PinyaSarasas,OliviaSerdeczny,SylwiaTrzaska,KokoWarner
andDavidWrathall.
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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