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An evaluation of the legal and institutional context for establishing a mechanism to address and redress loss and damage in the national context of Bangladesh
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There is now no serious scientific dispute about the cause and consequence of climate change. Although mitigation and adaptation approaches have been agreed upon under the UNFCCC process to deal with the cause and consequences of climate change, because of inadequate efforts the adverse impacts of climate change will with high likelihood cause harm to the lives and livelihoods of millions of people all over the world and inflict large economic losses. As such recently Parties to the UNFCCC agreed to address the need for enhanced understanding of what loss and damage means and how it can be addressed through the establishment of a work programme. >> more
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A Range of Approaches to Address Loss and Damage Associated with the Adverse Impacts of Climate Change in Bangladesh
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Achieving the targets of the Millennium Development Goal by the least developing countries (LDCs) like Bangladesh might be far reaching, as climate change is posing serious threats to development and poverty reduction objectives. In addition to this, risk is increasingly realized as unavoidable, mainly due to increasing exposure due to dependency on sectors sensitive to climate change as well as inadequate capacity to cope with climate change induced rapid and slow onset events. Now it is globally recognized that loss and damage from this unavoidable risk is accumulating, in the light of inadequate mitigation and adaptation levels. In recognition of this fact, the Government of Bangladesh (GoB) requested the Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) to support a project to enhance understanding of loss and damage both in the national context of Bangladesh and in other vulnerable countries. >> more
From Perception to Action: Understanding Loss and Damage Due to Climate Change in Bangladesh
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Climate change is impacting many countries in diverse ways. Most are already suffering due to temperature and climatic event extremes including increased frequency and intensities of floods, cyclones, rising sea levels and salinity levels and drought. All of these climate change impacts are causing various kinds of loss and damage such as damage to standing crops and the loss of real and potential crop output threatening food security, causing widespread health problems, increasing morbidity as well as mortality and resulting in the loss of infrastructure and industrial output among other impacts. >> more
Blog on the regional expert meeting on loss and damage, Mexico City
From 23 to 25 July, the second regional expert meeting on loss and damage under this year´s UNFCCC work programme took place in Mexico City. Its aim was to increase the understanding of a range of approaches to address loss and damage associated with the adverse effects of climate change. While the first expert meeting took place in Addis Abeba... >> more
Analysis: Loss & damage related outcomes of COP 17 in Durban
Decision 7/CP.17: A way forward on loss and damage
At COP17 in Durban, South Africa, negotiators were able to reach consensus on elements of the SBI Work Program on Loss and Damage which was established at COP16, for the period from COP17 to COP18 (2012). >> more Loss and damage from the adverse effects of climate change – a SIDS view on Africa
by Linda Siegele, London
"... I recently participated in the African regional expert meeting on a range of approaches to address loss and damage associated with the adverse effects of climate change, including impacts related to extreme weather events and slow onset events, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from 13-15 June 2012. This meeting was the first in a series of regional expert meetings being organised under the UNFCCC’s work programme on loss and damage. I attended as an expert on climate change issues related to small island developing states (SIDS). " >> more
Gauging solutions for climate loss and damage in Africa
Key discussion and way forward from UNFCCC loss and damage meeting in Addis 13-15th of June
Loss and damage from climate change impacts is the major theme of the adaptation negotiation in 2012. Inching towards a decision in Doha on this important topic, negotiators, decision makers and experts are meeting in a series of regional expert workshops... >> more
The recent SREX report and the UNFCCC loss and damage discourse
A starting point for the debate
The topic of loss and damage in the context of climate change is a major focus in the adaptation discussion under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) climate talks in 2012. The IPCC Special Report on Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation (SREX) is the first endeavour of its kind to conduct a scientific assessment... >> more
Loss and Damage Associated with Climate Change
Key discussion and outcomes at SBI-36
The 36th meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Implementation (SBI-36) under the UNFCCC was held in Bonn from 14 -25 May, 2012. The key expectation with regard to the Loss and Damage Work Programme has been to get further guidance for the upcoming four regional expert meetings... >> more
Stakeholders´ Consultation Workshop | Report II
Loss and Damage Work Programme for Bangladesh: Issues and Context
The Second Stakeholder Consultation Workshop on 'Work Programme for Bangladesh on Loss and Damage: Issues and Context' was held on 30 June 2012 at BRAC Inn, Dhaka. The workshop covered 5 presentations on the key themes of the loss and damage in the context of climate change. All the presentations were followed by detailed follow-up discussions in the next sections. >> moreBrochure: About the Initiative
Recommendation
The scientific conference “Perspectives on loss and damage: Society, Climate Change, and Decision Making” was hosted by United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS) at the UN Campus in Bonn, Germany from 25 to 27 February 2013.
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