Rebecca Byrnes and Swenja Surminski outline progress of actions taken under the Warsaw International Mechanisms on Loss and Damage - which is designed to help countries deal with the harm caused by climate change - and how to enhance its effectiveness, as the COP25 climate conference gears up to reviewing the mechanism in December. Read more
This paper is a submission to the second review of the Warsaw International Mechanism (WIM) on Loss and Damage under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, which will take place at COP25 in December. The submission looks at the Loss and Damage policy debate, how it relates to other international frameworks and efforts in the areas of mitigation, adaptation, disaster risk reduction and sustainable development, and identifies how the WIM can be most effective. Read more
This book provides an authoritative insight on the Loss and Damage discourse by highlighting state-of-the-art research and policy linked to... Read more
This chapter asks whether insurance instruments, especially micro- insurance and regional insurance pools, can serve as a risk-reducing and equi-... Read more
This chapter reviews the implications of Loss and Damage (L&D) for decision-making with a special focus on the role of... Read more
Despite being one of the most controversial issues to be recently treated within climate negotiations, Loss and Damage (L&D) has... Read more
Major polluters and governments could be held to account by “climate justice” court cases, said Jeff Sachs, Professor of Economics at Columbia University in his recent lecture at the London School of Economics. A video of the lecture is now available. Read more
Bob Ward, Director of Policy and Communications, examines the potential cost of recent floods in the UK. Read more
This paper presents evidence of current engagement and expectations, from official submissions to the UNFCCC, L&D literature, and relates this to experiences from the fields of disaster risk reduction (DRR) and climate change adaptation (CCA). Read more