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4 R.Mechler et al.
“Warsaw InternationalMechanism forLoss andDamage”was established in 2013
and further supported through theParisAgreement in 2015.Despite advances, the
debate currently is broad, diffuse and somewhat confusing,while concepts,meth-
ods and tools, as well as directions for policy remain vague and often contested.
Thisbook, a joint effort of theLoss andDamageNetwork—apartnership effort by
scientistsandpractitioners fromaroundtheglobe—providesevidence-basedinsight
into the L&Ddiscourse by highlighting state-of-the-art research conducted across
multipledisciplines,byshowcasingapplicationsinpracticeandbyprovidinginsight
intopolicycontextsandsalientpolicyoptions.Thisintroductorychaptersummarises
key findings of the twenty-two book chapters in terms of five propositions. These
propositions, each building on relevant findings linked to forward-looking sugges-
tions for research, policy and practice, reflect the architecture of the book, whose
sections proceed from setting the stage to critical issues, followed by a section on
methodsand tools, tochapters thatprovidegeographicperspectives, andfinally toa
section that identifies potential policy options. The propositions comprise (1)Risk
management can be an effective entry point for aligning perspectives and debates,
if framed comprehensively, coupledwith climate justice considerations and linked
to established riskmanagement and adaptation practice; (2)Attribution science is
advancing rapidly and fundamental to informing actions to minimise, avert, and
address lossesanddamages; (3)Climatechange research, inaddition to identifying
physical/hard limits toadaptation,needs tomoresystematicallyexaminesoft limits
toadaptation, forwhichwefindsomeevidenceacrossseveralgeographiesglobally;
(4) Climate risk insurancemechanisms can serve the prevention and cure aspects
emphasisedintheL&Ddebatebutsolidarityandaccountabilityaspectsneedfurther
attention,forwhichwefindtentativeindicationinapplicationsaroundtheworld;(5)
Policy deliberationsmay need to overcome the perception that L&Dconstitutes a
win-losenegotiation“game”bydevelopingamoreinclusivenarrativethathighlights
collectiveambitionfor tacklingrisks,mutualbenefitsandtheroleof transformation.
Keywords Science ·Policy ·Practice ·Climate justice ·Limits toadaptation
Climate riskmanagement ·Transformation
1.1 Understandingand Reviewing the Evidence
for AdvancingScienceandPolicy
ThedebateonLossandDamage(L&D)1hasgainedtractionover the last fewyears.
AlthoughthediscoursestartedalreadyduringtheestablishmentoftheUnitedNations
Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in the early 1990s with
a proposal by the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) on compensation and
1Inthischapterandinthebookthroughout,wewillusethepluralformandlowercaseletters(‘losses
and damages’) to refer broadly to (observed) impacts and (projected) risks, and the capitalized
singular form(‘Loss&Damage’)where reference ismade to thepolicydebate.
Loss and Damage from Climate Change
Concepts, Methods and Policy Options
- Titel
- Loss and Damage from Climate Change
- Untertitel
- Concepts, Methods and Policy Options
- Autoren
- Reinhard Mechler
- Laurens M. Bouwer
- Thomas Schinko
- Swenja Surminski
- JoAnne Linnerooth-Bayer
- Verlag
- Springer Open
- Datum
- 2019
- Sprache
- englisch
- Lizenz
- CC BY 4.0
- ISBN
- 978-3-319-72026-5
- Abmessungen
- 16.0 x 24.0 cm
- Seiten
- 580
- Schlagwörter
- Environment, Climate change, Environmental law, Environmental policy, Risk management
- Kategorien
- International
- Naturwissenschaften Umwelt und Klima