Loss and Damage, and losses and damages (Q775)
Subject, term, tag: Loss and Damage, and losses and damages
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
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| English | Loss and Damage, and losses and damages |
Subject, term, tag: Loss and Damage, and losses and damages |
Statements
IPCC Glossary v1.5
1 reference
27 May 2026
Research has taken Loss and Damage (capitalised letters) to refer to political debate under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) following the establishment of the Warsaw International Mechanism for Loss and Damage in 2013, which is to ‘address loss and damage associated with impacts of climate change, including extreme events and slow onset events, in developing countries that are particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change.’ Lowercase letters (losses and damages) have been taken to refer broadly to harm from (observed) impacts and (projected) risks and can be economic or non-economic (Mechler et al., 2018). (English)
IPCC Glossary v1.5
1 reference
27 May 2026