Transformational risk management to tackle Climate Loss and Damage in Austria and beyond
Abstract
Formal and informal deliberations regarding “dangerous” climate-related risks and sharing the burdens associated with responses to climate change have been fundamental for shaping the climate debate since the beginning. The debate on Loss and Damage (L&D) has only gained traction over the last few years, when it became apparent that climate change will lead to impacts that cannot or will not be tackled by mitigation or adaptation. While the current research as well as political discourse on L&D has mainly focused on climate-related impacts beyond adaptation in the global South, with the global North mainly being mentioned as those countries being responsible for compensating for the losses and damages in economically less developed countries, it is highly important to shed a more comprehensive light on the role of industrialized countries in the context of L&D. The first aim of the TransLoss project is to provide a stock take of the international and national political discourse on L&D and to identify how L&D may directly and/or indirectly affect Austria. The second aim of the project is to provide policy relevant scientific insights in the context of the L&D discourse from the perspective of Austria, by highlighting state-of-the-art research from multiple disciplines as well as policy contexts related to L&D. The third aim of TransLoss is to define and assess the role of transformational climate risk management in contrast to incremental risk management to tackle L&D in Austria and beyond. The fourth aim of the project is to survey Austrian experts, practitioners and policy makers if there are palpable concerns regarding intolerable L&D beyond adaptation and how these stakeholders would define and exemplify transformational climate risk management. The fifth objective is to link existing projects / collaborations / international efforts to complement each other and enable an environment for knowledge sharing (through e.g. regional workshop, increase awareness for the topic). Especially the connection with the existing H2020 Project SINCERE will foster cooperation between European research and regional actors in the area of loss and damage, with a focus on small-island developing states (SIDS) in the Pacific Ocean.
keywords Natural Hazards Extremes Policy Resilience Social aspect
Publikationen
Project staff
Martina Haindl
Mag. Martina Haindl
martina.haindl@boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-99113
BOKU Project Leader
01.11.2019 - 29.03.2022
BOKU Project Leader
03.05.2022 - 30.06.2022
Elisabeth Worliczek
Mag. Dr.phil. Elisabeth Worliczek
elisabeth.worliczek@boku.ac.at
BOKU Project Leader
30.03.2022 - 02.05.2022
BOKU partners
External partners
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Thomas Schinko
coordinator
Paris Lodron University of Salzburg
Stefan Kienberger
partner