Loss and damage: the third way to face climate change impacts

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So far, the climate negotiations have focused on two parallel responses to climate change: mitigation and adaptation. However, the present situation suggests that in the future there might be events related to climate change that countries won’t be able to adapt to. These include both slow-onset events and extreme weather more intense than any seen so far. In order to deal with this, a large number of countries are pushing for a new approach to be negotiated within the UNFCCC. It is called loss and damage and aims to ensure an effective, coordinated international response to future economic and non-economic losses due to climate change. Even if Cop 19 in Warsaw closed with few results on this issue, loss and damage is going to be a central theme in present and future climate negotiations.

Read the full article by Gabriele Messori on Climate Science & Policy

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