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Hoven of Germany), the book is divided into five sections, for which we shortly
summarise the respectivechapters.
1.4.1 Setting theStage:KeyConcepts,Challenges
andInsights
Thechapteron theEthicalChallenges in theContextofClimate LossandDam-
age by IvoWallimann-Helmer, LukasMeyer, KianMintz-Woo, Thomas Schinko
andOlivia Serdeczny sets out themain types of justice and ethical challenges rel-
evant to the L&D debate. The authors argue that a clear differentiation between
mitigation, adaptation policy domains andL&Dpolicy is important to understand
thenormative implicationsofL&D.Theyshowwhydistributiveandcompensatory
justiceperspectivesareofkeyrelevancetocaptureallethicalentitlementsstemming
fromadaptationneedsandthematerialisationofL&D.Ofparticular importance, the
chapterpresentsadistributive justiceperspective forunderstandingethical implica-
tionsofL&Din theshort- tomedium-term,arguing thatL&Dcanbeunderstoodas
undeservedharmdemanding redistribution toevenout thisunfairness.
LaurensM. Bouwer in his contribution on Observed and Projected Impacts
from Extreme Weather Events: Implications for Loss and Damage presents
the current knowledge on observed and projected impacts, and risks fromextreme
weather events in light of anthropogenic climate change. Research on the subject
has focusedon three keydrivers: changes in extremeweather hazards due to natu-
ral climate variability and anthropogenic climate change, changes in exposure and
vulnerability, and any implemented risk reduction efforts. Studies currently iden-
tify increasing exposure as the dominant driver, through growing populations and
increases in assets at risk. The chapter further elaborates onhow residualweather-
relatedlosses(i.e., impactsafterimplementedriskreductionandadaptation)havenot
yetbeenattributed toanthropogenic climatechange.Theauthorholds thatglobally
increasingassetexposurewillleadtoincreasesinrisk,yetpresentsevidencethatvul-
nerabilityhasdeclined; thus, it appears there ispotential for reducing risks through
DRRandadaptation.Atcountryscale,andparticularlyfordevelopingcountries, the
evidencepoints towards increasingrisk, indicating theneed tosignificantlyupgrade
climateriskmanagementeffortsandinternationalsupport.Thisstage-settingchapter
thus shows the challenges in understanding global trends in losses and damages,
impacts, and risks fromdisasters in lightof climatechange.
ThomasSchinko,ReinhardMechler andStefanHochrainer-Stigler build on the
discussions on ethics and trends in impacts and risks. In their chapter on theRisk
andPolicySpaceforLossandDamage:IntegratingNotionsofDistributiveand
Compensatory Justice with Comprehensive Climate Risk Management they
ask whether a policy framework can be developed around a broad notion of risk
to identify a distinct L&Dpolicy space. The authors see ample potential in align-
ingcomprehensiveclimate riskanalyticswithdistributiveandcompensatory justice
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