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LossandDamage:PerspectivesandOptions

Monday7November201615.00-16.30

ArabianHall,BlueZone,COP22VillageBabIghliandlivebroadcastviatheUNFCCCyoutubechannel

Organisers

ColinMcQuistan,PracticalAction/EmilyBoyd,LundUniversityCentreforSustainabilityStudies

Inrecentyears,LossandDamage(L&D)hasgainedenormoustractionin

internationalclimatepolicy,andthereisnowanemergingbodyofinsightfromresearchandpracticehelpingtobetterunderstandandmanageL&D.OnthefirstdayoftheCOP,weinviteresearchers,practitioners,andpolicy-makerstocome

togethertodiscussperspectivesandoptionsforL&D,andtotakestockofthelatestdevelopmentsinscienceandpractice.

Formany,L&Disanunclearconcept,andwewillbeginwithareportfromanindepthstudyofstakeholderperspectivesofL&D,identifyingaspectrumofviews.ThenoptionsforclarifyingperspectivesandidentifyingapolicyspaceforL&Dwillbeconsidered,withemphasisonaclimaterisklens.Thiswillbefollowedbyinsights

frompractitionersaboutwhatL&Dmeansinthefield,andareaswherenewapproachesmaybeneededtoaddressL&D.Thefocuswillthenturntonational

policy,withareportonananalysisofexistingnationalmechanismsinsixcountries.Finally,weinvitetheaudiencetodiscussfutureoptionsforL&D.

ConfirmedSpeakers

RachelJames,EnvironmentalChangeInstitute,OxfordUniversityReinhardMechler,IIASA

PabloSuarez,RedCrossClimateCentre

LossandDamage:PerspectivesandOptionsAgendaIntroduction

ColinMcQuistan,PracticalAction AspectrumofviewsonL&D

RachelJames,ECI,OxfordUniversityIdentifyingthepolicyspaceforL&D

ReinhardMechler,IIASAHumanitarianperspectiveonL&D

PabloSuarez,RedCrossClimateCentreCommunitylevelperspectiveonL&D

ColinMcQuistan,PracticalActionNationalmechanismsforL&D

EmilyBoyd,LUCSUSModeratedopenfloordiscussion