Loss and Damage as an Alternative to Resilience and Vulnerability? Preliminary Reflections on an Emerging Climate Change Adaptation Discourse

Alexander Fekete; Patrick Sakdapolrak

doi:10.1007/s13753-014-0012-7

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Alexander Fekete, Patrick Sakdapolrak. Loss and Damage as an Alternative to Resilience and Vulnerability? Preliminary Reflections on an Emerging Climate Change Adaptation Discourse[J]. International Journal of Disaster Risk Science, 2014, 5(1): 88-93. doi: 10.1007/s13753-014-0012-7

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Alexander Fekete, Patrick Sakdapolrak. Loss and Damage as an Alternative to Resilience and Vulnerability? Preliminary Reflections on an Emerging Climate Change Adaptation Discourse[J]. International Journal of Disaster Risk Science, 2014, 5(1): 88-93. doi: 10.1007/s13753-014-0012-7

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Alexander Fekete, Patrick Sakdapolrak. Loss and Damage as an Alternative to Resilience and Vulnerability? Preliminary Reflections on an Emerging Climate Change Adaptation Discourse[J]. International Journal of Disaster Risk Science, 2014, 5(1): 88-93. doi: 10.1007/s13753-014-0012-7

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Loss and Damage as an Alternative to Resilience and Vulnerability? Preliminary Reflections on an Emerging Climate Change Adaptation Discourse

doi: 10.1007/s13753-014-0012-7

Alexander Fekete^{1
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Patrick Sakdapolrak²

1 Risk and Crisis Management Section, Cologne University of Applied Sciences, 50679 Cologne, Germany;
2 Department of Geography, University of Bonn, 53115 Bonn, Germany

Available Online: 2021-04-26

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Abstract

One relatively novel way of assessing the characteristics and limitations of resilience and vulnerability (R&V) is undertaken in this article by investigating a growing alternative paradigm—loss and damage (L&D) policy. The idea of L&D as an emerging policy may be surprising to many in the disaster risk management community, and so we first outline the origins of this trend, and then explore the potential benefits and pitfalls of adopting it. This short article represents our preliminary opinions and observations regarding this reintroduction of a longestablished concept. We also present results from a very brief peer-group survey on some of the first immediate reactions towards L&D policy. At this early stage, this article cannot offer a full-fledged analysis, but our reflections may serve as a starting point to encourage further discussion.
- Climate change adaptation,
- Loss and damage,
- Resilience,
- Vulnerability

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