Loss and Damage: From challenge to opportunity

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Loss and Damage: From challenge to opportunity ecbi Bonn Seminar June 9th, 2013 Saleemul Huq, Erin Roberts and Anna Hasemann International Centre for Climate Change and Development 1991 – Vanuatu submits a proposal on behalf of AOSIS to the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee for an international insurance pool to be included in the Convention 1992 – Proposal not incorporated into Convention but the word “insurance” survived in Article 8 which calls on Parties to consider actions related to “funding, insurance and the transfer of technology, to meet the specific needs and concerns of developing country Parties arising from the adverse effects of climate change…” Loss and Damage: From an idea . . . 2007 – Bali Action Plan calls for enhanced action on adaptation including the consideration of “disaster risk reduction strategies and means to address loss and damage associated with climate change impacts in vulnerable countries”. 2008 - AOSIS proposes the ‘Multi-Window Mechanism to Address Loss and Damage from Climate Change Impacts’ in a submission to the SBI which calls for: insurance to help vulnerable countries manage the financial risk associated with increasingly frequent and severe extreme events; rehabilitation or compensation to address loss and damage associated with the impacts of climate change; and risk management to support risk assessment and inform the other components of the framework. 2010 - At COP 16 a work programme is established to “consider approaches to address loss and damage associated with climate change impacts in developing countries that are particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change.” ...to a work programme... 2011 - At SBI 34 the work programme is differentiated into three thematic areas: Assessing the risk of loss and damage associated with the adverse impacts of climate change and current knowledge of the same A range of approaches to addressing loss and damage at 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 role of the Convention in the implementation of approaches to address loss and damage associated with the adverse effects of climate change. 2012 – Activities under the work programme include: An expert meeting on assessing the risk of loss and damage Regional expert meetings on approaches to address loss and damage in each of Africa, Asia and Latin America and one for the SIDS Background paper on methodologies to