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Chapter22 Technology forClimateJustice: AReportingFrameworkforLoss andDamageasPartofKeyGlobal Agreements MarcvandenHombergandColinMcQuistan Abstract Technology plays a critical role in the ability to retain, reduce or trans- fer climate risk or address impacts.However, vulnerable communities donot fully benefit from existing technology, whereas they are disproportionally impacted by climatechange.Thischapterassesseshowtechnologycanshapelimits toadaptation and how to report on this injustice as part of key global agreements.We develop an access, use and innovation of technology framework. As a case on a relevant technology, we test it on transboundary earlywarning systems in SouthAsia.We find that only a limited set of the state-of-the-art technologies available globally is accessed and used. Insufficient capacity and funding result in the bareminimum, largelycopycat typeof technology.Asclimatechangeprogresses,demandsontech- nology increase, whereas, if no action is taken, the technology remains the same widening the adaptation deficit. A better understanding of the crossover fromdis- aster risk reduction to climate adaptation and the emerging policy domain of loss anddamageallows trade-offs in termsof reducing risks throughgreater investment in technologies for adaptation versus absorbing risks and then financing curative or transformative loss and damagemeasures.We argue that attention to especially distributive,compensatoryandproceduralclimate justiceprinciples, in termsofdis- tributing technology, building capacity andprovidingfinance, canhelp tomotivate support forwideningthetechnologyspectrumavailable todevelopingcountries.We M.vandenHomberg (B) ·C.McQuistan PracticalAction,Rugby,UK e-mail:marcjchr@gmail.com C.McQuistan e-mail: colin.mcquistan@practicalaction.org.uk ©TheAuthor(s)2019 R.Mechler et al. (eds.),LossandDamage fromClimateChange,ClimateRisk Management,PolicyandGovernance,https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-72026-5_22 513