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Tackling loss and damage in countries vulnerable to the effect of the climate crisis: improving evidence and co-generating pathways to impact

Loss and damage is one of the most important issues for climate-vulnerable developing countries.  

Communities and ecosystems around the developing world are experiencing unprecedented extreme weather events. Driven by climate change, these shocks will worsen with every increment of global heating, exposing billions of people to catastrophic loss and damage – from loss of life, land, homes, income, opportunity and cultural identity to damaged infrastructure, ecosystems, essential services and sustainable development.

Governments of countries vulnerable to loss and damage must prepare, respond and protect their people and ecosystems, but they are hampered by a lack of guidance on how loss and damage should be addressed in practice, who should foot the bill, and a lack of technical support. 

The international debate on loss and damage was initiated almost 30 years ago by Small Island Developing States (SIDS) who were concerned by the potential impacts that climate-related sea level rise would have on their environment, communities and economies.

Since then, the issue of loss and damage has given voice to the increasingly urgent concerns of vulnerable countries and communities about the existential risks they face from climate change impacts that may be unavoidable and irreversible, and that may push them beyond their ability to adapt to the changing climate, undermining their efforts to achieve sustainable development.

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作者: IIED
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组 织: IIED
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年份: 2023
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地理范围: 亚洲及太平洋
类别: 博文
内容语言: English
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