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19 TowardsEstablishingaNationalMechanism… 471 of responsibility to respond to Loss andDamage from climate change.Moreover, establishing themechanismwill significantly aid inmuchneededcoordination and collaboration betweenMoDMRandMoEF.As ofApril 2018, theGovernment of Bangladeshhasformedaninter-ministerialcommitteeheadedbyMoDMRtodevelop a 2-year pilot phase for exploring theNationalMechanism onLoss andDamage. Aconcept note has alreadybeendeveloped and adetailedworkplan for the 2-year pilot phase is being developed. The government of Bangladesh intends tomake a publicannouncementof theNationalMechanismonLossandDamageatCOP24in December2018. A national mechanism to address Loss and Damage not only responds to the needswithin thecountry, it also reaffirmsBangladesh’scommitment to thenational targets and indicators within the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030.Furthermore,thefunctionsofthenationalmechanismreplicatethework areasoftheWIM,signallingBangladesh’scommitmentstotheParisAgreement.For aresourceconstrainedLDCcountry,theeffortsmadebyresearchers,thedevelopment community and policymakers display a resourcefulness and creativity that can be replicated incountries facingsimilarvulnerabilities and resourceconstraints. References AndreiS,RabbaniG,KhanHI,HaqueM,AliDE(2014)Non-economic loss anddamagecaused by climatic stressors in selectedCoastalDistricts ofBangladesh. http://gobeshona.net/publicati on/non-economic-loss-damage-caused-climatic-stressors-selected-coastal-districts-bangladesh/. Accessed7June2017 AsianDevelopmentBank19August 2014.BangladeshCouldSeeClimateChangeLossesReach Over9%OfGDP—Report.AsianDevelopmentBank [online]. https://www.adb.org/news/bang ladesh-could-see-climate-change-losses-reach-over-9-gdp-report BangladeshAgriculturalResearchCouncil (2015)Areas at riskofflooding inBangladesh. http:// www.thebangladesh.net/flood-maps-of-bangladesh.html#map-2.Accessed7April 2018 BouwerLM(2018)Observedandprojectedimpactsfromextremeweatherevents: implicationsfor loss anddamage. In:MechlerR,BouwerL, SchinkoT,Surminski S,Linnerooth-Bayer J (eds) Lossanddamage fromclimatechange.Concepts,methodsandpolicyoptions.Springer,Cham, pp63–82 DurandA,HuqS (2015)Defining loss anddamage: key challenges andconsiderations for devel- oping an operational definition. In: The International Centre for Climate Change and Devel- opment. ICCCADwww.icccad.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Defininglossanddamage-Final. pdf.Accessed7June2017 FaruqueDA,KhanMI(2013)Lossanddamageassociatedwithclimatechange: thelegalandinsti- tutionalcontext inBangladesh. In:Lossanddamage invulnerablecountries initiative.Available via www.lossanddamage.net, www.loss-and-damage.net/download/7114.pdf. Accessed 7 June 2017 Government ofBangladesh (GOB(2008)CycloneSidr inBangladeshDamage,Loss, andNeeds Assessment forDisasterRecovery andReconstruction.Available viaReliefweb. http://reliefwe b.int/report/bangladesh/cyclone-sidr-bangladesh-damage-loss-and-needs-assessment-disaster-re covery-and.Accessed7June2017