Tag: Policy

Loss and Damage (L&D)

Friends of the Earth International call for wealthier nations to live up to their obligations to compensate poorer countries for loss and damage. COP21, December 2015. Photo: Friends of the Earth International / Luka Tomac

When the effects of climate change are too far reaching to adapt to, people sometimes face loss and damage – of property, livelihood or even their countries or their lives. In other words, when there is not enough mitigation (reduction of emissions and thereby less climate change) and when adaptation is not possible – then …

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