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1 Science forLossandDamage.FindingsandPropositions 23
Similartotheethicschapter,theauthorsthusarguethatmoreattentiontodistributive,
compensatoryandproceduralclimatejusticeprinciples intermsofdistributingtech-
nology,buildingcapacityandprovidingfinanceissorelyneededtowidentheaccess,
useandinnovationofthetechnologyspectrumavailabletodevelopingcountries.The
authors finally suggest to include technology for climate justice in theAdaptation
Communications, andmaking reportingmandatoryonactual andexpected impacts
ofL&Dmeasures.
1.5 FromFindings to Propositions for the Loss
andDamage Debate
The book chapters cover specific issues showing the wide variety of research on
L&D,aswell as themany interconnections, sharedconcepts, tools andmethods. In
this section,wealignsomeof thekeyfindingsandsuggestions formovingforward.
We identify five key propositions that, aswe assert, hold potential for providing a
roadmapfor further ‘grounding’ the so farhighlypoliticaldebate.Thepropositions
areessentiallycross-cuttingandreflect thearchitectureof thebook in termsofcon-
sideringinsightsfromthevarioussections(settingthestage,critical issues,methods
andtools,cases,policyoptions).Thepropositionseachbuildonrelevantfindingsthat
then informsuggestions for anactionable element tobe taken forwardby research,
policyandpractice.
Proposition 1 Riskmanagementisaneffectiveentrypoint foraligningperspectives
anddebates.Framedcomprehensively, coupledwith climate justice considerations
andlinkedtoestablishedriskmanagementpractice, itmayhelp to identifyadistinct
policy space forLossandDamage.
TheL&Ddebatehasbeenpolarisedbetween thoseadvocating forcompensation
foractual lossesanddamages,andotherssuggestingsupportfortacklingfuturerisks
by (further) employing disaster riskmanagement and climate insurance solutions.
WhileL&DremainsapoliticalconceptdevelopedduringtheUNFCCCnegotiations,
it has (someof) its technical roots in riskmanagement,which canbebuilt upon to
identifyajointanddistinctpolicyspace(seechaptersbySchinkoetal.2018;Botzen
et al. 2018;vandenHombergandMcQuistan2018).
Risk management brings along established practices for dealing with extreme
events andany trends therein, and thusmayprovideanoperational frameworkwith
a tested set of methods and tools (see Bouwer 2018; Botzen et al. 2018). Yet, a
broader perspective on climate risk research and policy appears sorely needed. In
its 5thAssessmentReport (IPCC2014b), the IPCC laid the foundations for such a
perspective by broadly defining climate-related risks and the potential (as well as
limits) foradaptation tokeyrisks facedbygeographic regionsboth todayand in the
future, characterisedbyscenariosof aggressiveorbusiness-as-usualmitigationand
adaptation.This perspective requires to take into account non-economic losses and
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