Loss and damage Archives

Hurricane Katrina to Cyclone Pam: whose losses count more?

COMMENT: All countries are not equal when it comes to coping with disasters, and some will suffer more as climate impacts intensify

NEWS: Storm that devastated Vanuatu puts spotlight on climate change links to disaster risk reduction negotiations in Sendai

COMMENT: Brussels wins the prize for announcing its climate pledge first, but it has missed an opportunity to ensure Paris helps poorer countries

COMMENT: Unless diplomats design UN deal to cope with climate damage, it will soon become redundant, says Saleemul Huq

COMMENT: Typhoon-hit Filipinos are paying with their lives for climate change. A levy on fossil fuels could help protect them

ANALYSIS: Scientists are starting to undertake the politically dangerous task of figuring out who can be blamed for extreme weather disasters

ANALYSIS: What is loss and damage? How does it work? And why do poor countries care so much?

NEWS: “Loss and damage” team will take two years to consider climate compensation options

NEWS: Ideas flood in on how Warsaw’s loss and damage mechanism could limit damage to the world’s most vulnerable

COMMENT: A successful UN climate deal in 2015 will require guaranteed flows of support for climate vulnerable countries, writes Saleemul Huq

COMMENT: Small island states were excluded from the UN’s ‘loss and damage’ committee; it’s time they are invited to the table

NEWS: Focus on limits to adaptation within the new IPCC report could sharpen focus on loss and damage within UN talks

Countries agreed to address losses and damages linked to climate change at a summit in Warsaw, but now comes the hard part

Inadequate funding and local opposition means that Filipino communities are rebuilding homes destroyed by typhoon in vulnerable areas

Comment: Natural disasters are set to become more common in a warming world, and politicians should take note says the IIED’s Saleemul Huq

Monday’s top five: Huhne warns of loss and damage threat, China eyes Amazon oil, UK set for country’s largest solar farm

Loss and damage mechanism was a victory for developing countries, but its success will depend on work done in months ahead experts tell RTCC

Saleemul Huq from the IIED explains why climate compensation is important for developing countries

Delegation accused of wearing t-shirts and “gorging on snacks” during critical UN talks

ActionAid, CARE and WWF recommend climate compensation scheme be implemented by 2015