Centring local values in assessing and addressing climate-related losses and damages

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Published: June 2023
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ISBN: 9781837590346
Product code:21516IIED

There is a limited understanding of the intangible and subjective losses and damages from climate change people experience and how to address them. Fortunately, the number of studies explicitly focusing on ‘non-economic’ losses and damages is growing. However, these assessments are commonly shaped by top-down, standardised conceptualisations, resulting in incomplete depictions insensitive to local contexts.

Therefore, we developed a loss and damage assessment methodology based on locally identified values, which we applied in Durgapur Upazila to assess and find ways to address the losses and damages people in north-central Bangladesh face from multiple climate-related hazards.

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van Schie, D., Mirza, A., Ranon, R., Masfiqua Malek, M., Hossain, M., Naushin, N. and Anderson, S. (2023). Centring local values in assessing and addressing climate-related losses and damages. IIED, London.
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