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?

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Conference Program

Wednesday 30 October 2019

1. Opening Keynote Session
2. Characterizing L&D from a climate change perspective – what do we know?
3. How does an ecological perspective contribute to L&D – what do we know?

Thursday 31 October 2019

1. Connecting L&D to social and sustainability perspectives - what do we know?
2. Defining loss and damage from gender perspectives and humanities - what do we know?
3. L&D from a policy and litigation perspective - what do we know?
4. Economy of L&D

Friday 1 November 2019

1. Insurance and L&D
2. 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. 

Last edited: 29 October 2019