At cop17 in durban, negotiators reached consensus on elements of the sbi work program on loss. The standing committee is a body of the united nations framework convention on climate change unfccc established at cop 16. Africa adaptation programme current practice and lessons learned from the africa adaptation programme joseph d. Noneconomic losses in the context of the unfccc work programme on loss and damage 2 mb noneconomic losses in the context of the unfccc work programme on loss and damage 2 mb noneconomic losses in the context of the unfccc work programme on loss and damage. To confirm the program schedule please regularly check the 2 capacitybuilding. Work programme on loss and damage expert meeting iii. Introduction to the work programme on loss and damage. Significance of addressing loss and damage for africa and important elements of the work programme on loss and damage for cop 18 3 kb. The unfccc work programme on loss and damage was established at cop.
Observations on the role of the private sector in the unfccc s loss and damage of climate change work program grantham research institute on climate change and the environment. Progress on adaptation under the unfccc process itu eighth symposium on icts, the environment and climate change. Noneconomic losses in the context of the unfccc work programme on loss and. Loss and damage at the unfccc lawrence flint, unfccc. The loss and damage team at the climate change secretariat unfccc supports the intergovernmental process and the work on loss and damage, including providing support to the executive committee for loss and damage and its technical arms. Centre for climate change economics and policy and grantham research institute on climate change and the environment, london, uk. Climate induced loss and damage indiaenvironmentportal. Observations on the role of the private sector in the unfccc s loss and damage of climate change work programme. Activities under the work programme on loss and damage 2010 2012 cop 16 june 2011 cop17 summer 2012 autumn 2012 cop 18 thematic area ii. Sendai, as a framework tailored towards drr, is part of adaptation. Health, demographic change and wellbeing important notice on the horizon 2020 work programme this draft has not been adopted or endorsed by the european commission.
Broad debate followed, and the paris agreement in 2015 endorsed the mechanism. For example the climate related disasters of the six eastern dzongkhags in 2004 witnessed major loss of lives, damage to properties and houses, loss of over 660 acres of agriculture land, and loss of standing crops for over 1430 households. The mandate of the work program is to take into account potential approaches to deal with loss and damage in vulnerable communities. Scaling down our emissions and building resilience against climate change can only take us so far. She has worked in relation to environmental management at the local level in nicaragua, and also at the global level where she has specialized on the climate change negotiations under the unfccc, with focus on adaptation and loss and damage. Loss and damage international centre for climate change.
Approaches to address loss and damage associated with. Story highlights the unfccc bonn climate change conference considered a number of adaptationrelated issues in formal negotiations, as well as side events that addressed topics, such as climate risk management, adaptation innovation and finance, ecosystembased adaptation eba, climate resilience, and loss and damage. The warsaw international mechanism for loss and damage promotes the implementation of approaches to address loss and damage associated with climate change impacts, in a comprehensive, integrated and coherent manner see decision 2cp. At cop16, parties created a work program on loss and damage under the. Aims and objectives of unfcc click to get sample solution. The unfccc secretariat, in its function of facilitator of the nairobi framework and the broader work to enhance the regional distribution of cdm project activities, coordinates relevant activities to be carried out by partners and cooperating organizations.
Non economic losses in the context of the unfccc work programme on loss and damage. Small island developing states have been raising this issue under aegis of the alliance of small island states aosis for over twenty years, from the very beginning of the unfccc negotiations. G04319 pocket guide to loss and damage under the unfccc. The mechanism is established under the united nations framework convention on climate change to assist developing countries that are.
The unfccc knowledgetoaction hub for adaptation and resilience the nairobi work programme nwp is a mechanism under the convention to facilitate an. The current work plan has five strategic workstreams see the accordions below, addressing loss and damage associated with climate change impacts. Scf, could decide the development of a new unfccc loss and damage fund, the experience of the green. Legal responses to climate change induced loss and damage. Fankhauser, samuel and dietz, simon 2014 noneconomic losses in the context of the unfccc work programme on loss and damage.
Aug 16, 2018 fankhauser s, dietz s, gradwell p 2014 noneconomic losses in the context of the unfccc work programme on loss and damage. The politics of and behind the unfcccs loss and damage. Reports and technical documents pertaining to the work of the loss and damage workstream. Unfccc releases technical paper on loss and damage news.
A work program on loss and damage was then agreed to at cop16 in cancun 2010, under the cancun adaptation framework. Observations on the role of the private sector in the unfccc s loss and damage of climate change work programme swenja surminski1 and jillian eldridge 2 abstract private sector engagement, particularly in relation to public policy based action and strategy, has. Noneconomic losses in the context of the unfccc work programme on loss and damage grantham research institute on. The appropriate response to loss and damage has been disputed since the unfccc s adoption. The nwp eupdate december 2015 email marketing software. Please be sure to enter your full user name, as communicated to you when your unfccc user account was created. Loss and damage at cop25 a hard fought step in the right.
This recognition led to the creation of the warsaw international mechanism on loss and damage in 20. Swenja surminski, jillian eldridge observations on the. The new unfccc software for ghg inventories of nonannex i parties the unfccc secretariat will present a prototype version of the new unfccc software to assist nonannex i parties in reporting their ghg inventories as part of national communications. Surminski, swenja and eldridge, jillian 2015 observations on the role of the private sector in the unfccc s loss and damage of climate change work program. Some negative impacts and damages are now unavoidable. Nairobi work programme on impacts, vulnerability and.
The warsaw international mechanism for loss and damage associated with climate change impacts wim is the united nations framework convention on climate change unfccc body that has been tasked to develop this pillar unfccc 20. Smallisland developing states have been raising the issue under aegis of the alliance of small island states for more than 20 years, from the very beginning of the unfccc negotiations. Observations on the role of the private sector in the unfccc. As part of its work programme for 20162017, the leg convened a regional training. The new, webbased software is planned to replace the current excelbased version. The warsaw climate change conference took place from 1123 november 20 in poland. Hub, highlighting capacitybuilding components in the committees workplan. Work programme on loss and damage expert meeting ii unfccc. While the technical papers provide useful conceptual background and evidence, the challenge lies in reaching a compromise over a highly divisive topic. United nations framework convention on climate change conference of the parties. Horizon 2020 work programme 20182020 health, demographic change and wellbeing part 8 page 1 of 124 en annex 11 horizon 2020 work programme 20182020 8.
Private sector engagement, particularly in relation to public policy based action and strategy, has become a buzz word in most policy areas, but this is often accompanied by a lack of clarity on roles and responsibilities between public and private sector. Loss and damage is a phrase used in different ways by people who work on climate policy, negotiation and adaptationresilience. The recent srex report and the unfccc loss and damage. Negotiations on adaptation under the unfccc how does the negotiation process work under the. Providing technical information and software such as development plans of 106 renewable energy sources and.
Cop established the warsaw international mechanism for loss and damage. The cop established the warsaw international mechanism for loss and damage associated with climate change impacts loss and damage mechanism. Work program on loss and 26 damage in 2011, as well as 3cp. The overarching objective of the unfccc to stabilise emissions at levels and within a timeframe that will allow ecosystems to adapt naturally to climate change, to ensure that food production is not threatened and to enable economic development to proceed in a sustainable manner is, in fact, to avoid loss and damage. It further highlights a set of recommendations to the unfccc as a facilitator of short and longterm strategies of loss and damage. We investigate this for the new united nations framework convention on climate change unfccc work stream on addressing loss. Paris included a very explicit statement that loss and damage is not liability or compensation. The goal of this work program is to increase awareness among delegates, assess the exposure of countries to loss and damage, explore a range of activities that may be appropriate to address loss and damage in vulnerable countries, and identify ways that the unfccc process might play in helping countries avoid and reduce loss and damage. The decision calls for enhanced action on adaptation, including disaster risk reduction and means to address loss and damage associated with climate change impacts in developing countries unfccc, 2008. Although the bali action plan contained an entire section on disaster risk management and loss and damage associated with climate change, any association or mention of. Grantham research institute on climate change and the environment, oxford. Loss and damage block 2nd capacitybuilding hub unfccc.
Th e work programme was further expanded with a division into three thematic areas at the 34th session of the sbi in june 2011 focusing on 1 assessment of loss and damage, 2 approaches to address loss and damage, and 3 the role of the convention in relation to eff orts to address loss and damage unfccc, 2011. Work programme on loss and damage expert meeting iv unfccc. Parties requested the secretariat to organize, before its thirtysixth session, an expert meeting to address issues related to 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, taking into consideration experience at all levels. The meaning of loss and damage in the international climate. Summary of the warsaw climate change conference november. However, it also recognizes that loss and damage sometimes involves more than what can be adapted to, or in other words, that some loss and damage cannot be avoided unfccc, 20a. A work program on loss and damage was agreed to under the cancun. The idea of loss and damage reflects a growing recognition that not all.
Under no circumstances shall the secretariat be liable for any loss, damage, liability or expense incurred or suffered that is claimed to have resulted from the use of this site, including, without limitation, any fault, error, omission, interruption or delay with respect thereto. Mechanism for loss and damage associated with climate change impacts, which will consider. The recent srex report and the unfccc loss and damage discourse. Evolution of the loss and damage discourse under the unfccc. In 2017 the 23rd conference of the parties cop 23 in bonn decided to hold the suva expert dialogue to further debate on loss and damage, in particular on finance. A range of approaches to address loss and damage associated with the adverse effects of climate change, fcccsbi2012inf.
A range of approaches to address loss and damage associated with the adverse effects of climate change. Non economic losses in the context of the unfccc work programme on loss and damage sam fankhauser, simon dietz and phillip gradwell policy paper february 2014 centre for climate change economics and policy grantham research institute on climate change and the environment. Sep 30, 2015 the meaning of loss and damage in the international climate negotiations. But it is still unclear, i think, coming out of warsaw, cancun and paris exactly what loss and damage is under the unfccc process. Noneconomic losses in the context of the unfccc work programme on loss and damage grantham research institute on climate change and the environment. Clarifying perspectives to promote action on loss and damage. Dealing with the loss and damage caused by climate change posted on 16 june 2017 by guest author. Pdf loss and damage in the ipcc fifth assessment report.
Loss and damage aosis unfccc international relations. In 2010, loss and damage was granted an agenda of its own with the establishment of the work programme on loss and damage that aimed at. Noneconomic losses in the context of the work programme on loss and damage. The nairobi work programme invites nwp partners to share information on adaptation events they organized and publications they released during cop 21 to be featured in the next eupdate march 2016. Development cooperation can play an important role in. Warsaw international mechanism for loss and damage. Transparency in governance facilitates dialogue and coordination to agree upon the work program of the wim and to convey a coherent global message on loss. Noneconomic losses in the context of the unfccc work.
Unfccc releases report on work programme on loss and. The unfccc bonn climate change conference considered a number of adaptationrelated issues in formal negotiations, as well as side events that addressed topics, such as climate risk management, adaptation innovation and finance, ecosystembased adaptation eba, climate resilience, and loss and damage. We thankfully acknowledge that this work was financed and inspired by the global programme on risk assessment and. Intsiful data and information management expert unfccc expert meeting on assessing the risk of loss and damage associated with the adverse effects of climate change 26.
Establishing liability and compensation for loss and damage has been a longstanding goal for vulnerable and developing countries in the. Observations on the role of the private sector in the unfccc s loss and damage of climate change work programme grantham research institute on climate change and the environment. In response, it was decided to establish a work programme in order to consider, including through workshops and expert meetings, as appropriate, approaches to address loss and damage associated with climate change. Climate change loss and damage julia kreienkamp and dr lisa vanhala at the 2015 international climate talks in paris, loss and damage constituted one of the most prominent and divisive issues for negotiators. The unfccc technical paper responds to the request of the conference of the parties cop at its 17th session to prepare a technical paper summarizing current knowledge on relevant methodologies, and addressing data requirements as well as lessons learned and gaps identified at different levels, in the context of the first thematic area of the work programme on loss and damage. Fao issued supplementary guidelines to the unfccc nap guidelines for. Experts take forward unfccc climate technology work in virtu follow webinars on climate finance 7 april. Unfccc expert meeting on assessing the risk of loss and damage associated with the adverse.
She has also facilitated latin american civil society networks related to the climate change negotiations. Produced by the munich climate insurance initiative mcii, the document is a submission to the subsidiary body for implementation work programme on loss and damage. Compensating for climate change loss and damage edward a. A work program on loss and damage was agreed under the cancun adaptation agreement adopted in cancun, mexico at cop16 in 2010. Observations on the role of the private sector in the. Loss and damage is a relative newcomer to the climate change agenda. Clarifying perspectives to promote action on loss and. Observations on the role of the private sector in the unfccc s loss and damage of climate change work programme, gri working papers 142, grantham research institute on climate change and the environment. The unfccc secretariat has published a report fcccsbi2011inf. The panel was facilitated by the cochair of the work programme on longterm finance, mr naderev sano of the philippines.
Insurance solutions in the context of climate changerelated. Non economic losses in the context of the unfccc work. Unfccc activities on the issue with the establishment of an ad hoc work programme unfccc 2011. Climate justice programme she developed the carbon levy project, to force the fossil fuel industry to pay for its climate. Loss and damage at the unfccc united nations economic.
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