30 October 2019 - 01 November 2019
Lund University for Sustainability Studies, Lund, Sweden
Conference on Loss and Damage 2019
While the proliferation of new papers and initiatives relating to Loss and Damage (L&D) is promising, many challenges remain for the scientific and policy communities. These include how L&D from climate change should be conceptualized, how to measure and quantify existing L&D and predict future L&D, and what governance arrangements are most appropriate for different contexts. For example, which approaches to L&D from climate-related events can best account for both economic as well as non-economic impacts, where increasing evidence suggest the latter can be just as significant to individuals and communities ? How can climate science, ecological science and sustainability science perspectives be combined to advance L&D theory and practice? And how can L&D from climate events be meaningfully situated within the broader sustainable development agenda, including the SDGs, as highlighted in Article 8 of the Paris Agreement? Is there need for new research to support L&D policy, as new questions emerge that require attention?
Livestream
Conference Program
Wednesday 30 October 2019
- Opening Keynote Session
- Characterizing L&D from a climate change perspective – what do we know?
- How does an ecological perspective contribute to L&D – what do we know?
Thursday 31 October 2019
- Connecting L&D to social and sustainability perspectives - what do we know?
- Defining loss and damage from gender perspectives and humanities - what do we know?
- L&D from a policy and litigation perspective - what do we know?
- Economy of L&D
Friday 1 November 2019
- Insurance and L&D
- Governance of L&D – how do we do it?
The conference is hosted by Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies in partnership with the Lund University Centre for Environmental and Climate Research, Oxford University, Met Office UK, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, International Centre for Climate Change and Development and Munich Re Foundation.
RISK presentations at the L&D conference
Wednesday 30 October
- Efforts to develop L&D research and practice?, Reinhard Mechler
Thursday 31 October
- Finance for Loss & Damage: Towards a principled approach,Teresa M. Deubelli
Friday 1 November
- Identifying the Risk and Policy Space for Loss and Damage: A Role for Transformational Risk Management?, Thomas Schinko
- Climate risk analysis for dealing with critical risks beyond adaptation - Operationalizing the Loss and Damage options space for Bangladesh, Reinhard Mechler
PUBLICATIONS
Mechler, R., Bower, L, Schinko, T. , Surminski, S. & Linnerooth-Bayer, J., eds. (2018). Loss and Damage from Climate Change: Concepts, Principles and Policy Options. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. ISBN 978-3-319-72026-5
Linnerooth-Bayer J, Surminski S, Bouwer L, Noy I, & Mechler R (2018). Insurance as a Response to Loss and Damage? In: Loss and Damage from Climate Change. Eds. Mechler, R., Bouwer, L., Schinko, T. , Surminski, S. & Linnerooth-Bayer, J., pp. 483-512 Cham, Switzerland: Springer. ISBN 978-3-319-72025-810.1007/978-3-319-72026-5_21.
Mechler R, Calliari E, Bouwer L, Schinko T , Surminski S, Linnerooth-Bayer J, Aerts J, Botzen W, et al. (2018). Science for Loss and Damage. Findings and Propositions. In: Loss and Damage from Climate Change. Eds. Mechler, R., Bouwer, L., Schinko, T. , Surminski, S. & Linnerooth-Bayer, J., pp. 3-37 Cham, Switzerland: Springer. ISBN 978-3-319-72025-810.1007/978-3-319-72026-5_1.
Mechler R & Schinko T (2017). Climate risk analysis for identifying the policy space for loss and damage. In: IIASA Institutional Evaluation 2017, 27 February-1 March 2017, IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria.
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