loss and damage
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Noun[edit]
- (climate change, UNFCCC) The harms caused by extreme weather as a consequence of anthropogenic climate change.
- 2022 November 18, Fiona Harvey, “EU reversal of stance on loss and damage turns tables on China at Cop27”, in The Guardian[1]:
- The dramatic shift at Cop27 began with the question of loss and damage. This refers to the devastation wreaked on the physical and social infrastructure of vulnerable countries by extreme weather, and the question of how to finance their rescue and recovery from climate-related disaster.
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loss and damage on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
