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The natural landscape is the foundation of the Bad River Band spirituality and traditional values.
April 2018

GUEST BLOG: What does climate change mean for the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians?

Climate change related non-economic losses are an important dimension of the Loss and Damage debate under the UNFCCC. This encompasses the loss of lives, of homes, livelihoods and traditions, in other words: losses that are not easily quantified and that most people would not want to put a monetary value. This guest blog illustrates what a community can perceive as non-economic losses and what it undertakes to deal with them – in this case Chippewa Indians from Bad River Bend of Lake Superior in northern US.
A woman watering her garden, Natitinqou, Bénin by Philippe Baret, Unsplash
March 2018

Co-designing vulnerability assessment methodology with local actors in Benin

On 31 January and 1 February 2018, Climate Analytics and the Centre de Partenariat et d'Expertise pour le Développement Durable (CePED) organised a scientific workshop on vulnerability assessments in Cotonou, Benin. The workshop brought together over 30 scientists, practitioners and policy actors to discuss the practical organisation, timeline and methodological approach to assess vulnerability in the three nationally pre-identified sectors — agriculture, water and health.

event “Staying below 1.5°C to achieve the SDGs” on 5 February 2018 at UN Headquarters in New York.
February 2018

Paris Agreement’s 1.5°C limit – a key SDG enabler

Dr Carl-Friedrich Schleussner

Recent observations show that climate change impacts already undermine the ability of developing countries to meet their sustainable development priorities. Limiting warming to 1.5°C, as stated in the Paris Agreement, is intrinsically linked to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. We urgently need to recognise and leverage the linkages between these two global frameworks.
Flood damage in Fiji following Cyclone Evan 2012. Photo Aus AID public domain
January 2018

Preparing for the Suva Expert Dialogue – getting Loss and Damage right

Dr Olivia Serdeczny

By now it is clear that climate change is as much an economic problem as it is an environmental one. Rising temperatures slow economic growth and devastating climate-related impacts leave large negative imprints on economic development of developing countries. Most financial instruments that have been proposed in the context of loss and damage do not solve the problems developing countries face.