Climate Change Loss and Damage Economic and Legal Foundations /

• Main Author: Krishna Rao, Pinninti (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Climate Studies,
• Subjects: Environment.; International environmental law.; Climate change.; Environmental economics.; Climate Change.; Environmental Economics.; International Environmental Law.

This text works to establish essential foundations and guidelines in the current process of providing strategies, mechanisms and resources for mitigating loss and damage from the adverse impacts of climate change and climate variability. This builds on the groundwork done by the UNFCCC and other ent...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Climate Change Governance
• 2. Approaches for Assessing Loss and Damage
• 3. International Environmental Law
• 4. Global Climate Finance
• 5. New Frameworks for Financing and Governance of Loss and Damage
• 6. Concluding Observations.