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areenablers/disablersforadaptationplanningandimplementation,adaptationlimits
havebeendefinedbyKlein et al. (2014) as loci atwhich adaptation actions canno
longerguaranteekeyactorobjectivesorsystem’sneedscannolongerbeachievedin
thepresenceofintolerablerisks(Dowetal.2013).Theselimitscanbehard(meaning
adaptive technologies and actions are not physically feasible), or soft (technology
and/orimportantsocio-economictrade-offsaffectprioritiestoday,yet thereispoten-
tial for overcoming limits in the future) (see also chapter byvandenHomberg and
McQuistan2018).
1.3.2 LossandDamage in theContextofClimate
andDisasterRiskManagement
InL&Ddiscussions,riskmanagementapproacheshavereceivedincreasingattention.
Climate riskmanagement has become thewidely acceptedmethodological frame-
workforassessingpotentialimpactsanddevisingstrategiesforadaptation.TheIPCC
(2014a,p5.)defines riskas:
Thepotential forconsequenceswheresomethingofvalue isatstakeandwhere theoutcome
isuncertain, recognizing thediversityofvalues.Risk is often representedasprobabilityof
occurrenceofhazardouseventsor trendsmultipliedby the impacts if theseeventsor trends
occur.Risk results fromthe interactionofvulnerability, exposure, andhazard.
IPCC’sSpecialReportonExtremeEvents(SREX2012)andtheIPCC5thAssess-
mentReport (IPCC2014b)defineclimateriskmanagement(CRM)asanintegrative
Fig.1.3 Riskasa functionofhazard, exposureandvulnerability. Sources IPCC(2012,2014a)
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