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Chapter8
Non-economicLossandDamage
andtheWarsawInternational
Mechanism
OliviaSerdeczny
Abstract Non-economicLoss andDamage (NELD) forms adistinct theme in the
documentsoutliningboth the initial2-yearworkplan thatconcludedin2017andthe
futurework areas as outlined in the next 5-year rollingworkplan of theExecutive
Committee of theWarsaw InternationalMechanism on Loss and Damage (WIM
Excom).NELDrefers to the climate-related lossesof itemsbothmaterial andnon-
material that are not commonly traded in themarket, butwhose loss is still experi-
encedassuchbythoseaffected.ExamplesofNELDincludelossofcultural identity,
sacred places, human health and lives.Within the context of theWIM the goal is
to raise awareness of the kinds of NELD that occur and, for an expert group, to
“develop inputs and recommendations toenhancedataonandknowledgeof reduc-
ing the risk of and addressing non-economic losses” (UNFCCCSecretariat 2014).
Initial analysis shows that the twomain characteristics of non-economicvalues are
their context-dependenceand their incommensurability.Theseattributesneed tobe
preserved and respected when integrating measures to (i) avoid the risk and (ii)
addressNELDbya centralmechanismunder theUNFCCC.While (i)will rely on
integrating NELD into existing comprehensive risk management approaches, (ii)
requires thorough understanding of lost values and the functions they fulfilled for
thoseaffected.
Keywords LossandDamage ·Values ·Assessment · Justice
8.1 Introduction
Climate change affects people and their environments in multiple adverse ways.
ExtremeheatwavesliketheCentralAsianonein2010damageagriculturalcropsand
undermine food security (Barriopedro et al. 2011); sea-level rise endangers coastal
infrastructure and related economic activities such as tourismand transport (Wong
O.Serdeczny (B)
ClimateAnalytics,Berlin,Germany
e-mail: olivia.serdeczny@climateanalytics.org
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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