loss and damage

Humans have been adapting to their environments throughout history by developing practices, cultures and livelihoods suited to local conditions –... Read more

Extreme weather events and slow-onset processes including drought and sea level rise can cause losses and damage to human societies... Read more

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