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limited in their possibilities to improve the spatial and temporal resolutionofflood
forecasts.This isbecause thesecountries lack thefundingandcapacitynecessary to
use state-of-the-art technology (i.e., computing power, advanced hydrological and
meteorologicalmodels) and acquire or collectmore granular data, such as digital-
elevation-model data. In addition, thepoor and thevulnerable canoftennot benefit
fromearlywarning/earlyaction informationdue to thedigital divide.
As an area of futurework, progressive levels of innovation and technology are
required to lead from incremental to transformative change,where theUNFCCC’s
TechnologyMechanism can play a more prominent role (van den Homberg and
McQuistan 2018). TheWIMExecutive Committeemay innovatively consider an
assessmentof technologiesfromaclimatejusticeperspective,whichmeansrethink-
ingaccess, use, innovation,finance, and (bottom-up)governancemechanisms from
theperspectiveof thepoorandvulnerable.
Enabling joint learning regarding technologies (and othermeans of implemen-
tation) for buffering against high-level risks is necessary for understanding how to
overcomesoftandavoidhardlimits.Thismaybeappealingfordevelopedanddevel-
oping countries sharing similar exposure and risk,where limits to adaptation need
attention(e.g., in theArctic,mountainareaswithglacial retreat, etc.).Ajointnarra-
tivewillbeneeded tosupport and incentivise the requisite transformationofenergy
generation, consumption, but alsoadaptationefforts across theglobe.An improved
understandingof actual andpotential “dangerous interferencewith theclimate sys-
tem” at riskmanagement scales and across geographiesmay indeed be a decisive
enabler.
1.6 Conclusions
ThebookhasbeenajointeffortoftheLossandDamageNetworkthatbringstogether
scientistsandpractitionersfrommorethan40institutionsaroundtheglobetoinform
theL&Ddebate.Offering a detailed overviewof themultiple facets of knowledge
emerging on the topic of L&D, the volume is a first comprehensive review of the
state of play regarding the science, political debate, practice aswell as any policy
proposalsseeingorlookingforimplementation.TheWIMisnowwell intoits5-year
work plan, and after COP23 inBonn, the first climate summit chaired by a small
islandstate(Fiji), theWIMstandstodeliveronitsvariousworkstreams.In2018,one
focus is on the role offinance in supporting actions to addressL&D, forwhich the
so-calledSuvaexpertdialoguewascarriedoutinmid-2018toprojectawayforward.
Thisandotheractivitieswill informthereviewof theWIMbytheUNFCCCParties
duringsessionsof thesubsidiarybodies in2019, leading toproper reviewatCOP25
inRio.Aswe demonstrated, the science hasmatured, and interest in the issues is
increasing. The IPCChas started to pick up on the discussion and considers L&D
in its 1.5 °C report published inOctober2018, in special reports onoceans and the
cryosphere, and land, aswell as in its6thAssessmentReportdue in2022.
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