Publications

We develop and host publications authored independently and in collaboration with practitioners, researchers, activists, artists and decision makers from both the global North and South. The publications we host here focus on a range of topics relating to the need to address climate change related loss and damage. This work builds on key literature on Loss and Damage, some of which is included in our library.

For more papers and briefs on Loss and Damage please visit the University London’s  Politics of Climate Change Loss and Damage and Stockholm Environment Institute’s Designing a Loss and Damage Fund for the UNFCCC’s Warsaw International Mechanism. The International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis has also undertaken significant work on Loss and Damage and the United Nations University’s Institute for Environment and Human Security has a comprehensive library on Loss and Damage literature.

For a comprehensive overview of Loss and Damage we encourage you to download Loss and Damage from Climate Change: Concepts, Methods and Policy Options.

For a list of publications authored by the L&DC, please see here.

2025

Publications
28/11/2025

COP29 AT THE CLIMATE CROSSROADS: ACHIEVEMENTS, GAPS, AND IMPLICATIONS FOR A WARMING WORLD

BY M. IMRAN KHAN, FAISAL ASFAND, M. ASIF, NOOR UL HADI, SAMI AL-GHAMDI, M. FAROOQ AND TONNI A. KURNIAWAN
Publications
23/11/2025

VULNERABILITIES AND COMPOUND RISKS OF ESCALATING CLIMATE DISASTERS IN THE BRAZILIAN AMAZON

BY PATRÍCIA F. PINHO, RAFAELLA SILVESTRINI, MARTHA FELLOWS, LETÍCIA PEREZ, ANE ALENCAR, CAROLINA GUYOT, PAULO MOUTINHO, DAVID LAPOLA AND LINDSAY STRINGER
Publications
18/11/2025

WHY SMALL, CLIMATE-VULNERABLE ISLAND STATES PUNCH WELL ABOVE THEIR WEIGHT IN UN CLIMATE TALKS

BY EMILY WILKINSON, KIRA-LEE GMEINER AND THE CONVERSATION
Publications
17/11/2025

A FAIR SHARE OF CLIMATE FINANCE? ASSESSING QUANTITY, QUALITY AND ALIGNMENT WITH GENDER GOALS

BY LAETITIA PETTINOTTI, SARAH COLENBRANDER AND TONY KAMNINGA
Publications
14/11/2025

RECOGNITION OF LOSS & DAMAGE FROM WILDFIRES IS KEY FOR CLIMATE JUSTICE

BY RENATA M. DA VEIGA, MARIA L. F. BARBOSA, FIONA R. SPULER, IGOR J. M. FERREIRA, JULIA MINDLIN, DOUGLAS I. KELLEY, VICTORIA MATUSEVICH, REGINA R. RODRIGUES, ANE ALENCAR, DANIEL C. RATILLA, LIANA O. ANDERSON, MICHEL VALETTE, RENATA LIBONATI, RODRIGO A. ESTEVEZ, TAINAN KUMARUARA, CAROLINE CAMILO DANTAS AND SANTIAGO I. HURTADO
Publications
5/11/2025

DAILY UPDATES ON LOSS AND DAMAGE AT COP 30

By the Loss and Damage Collaboration
Publications
3/11/2025

INSTITUTIONAL ARCHITECTURES FOR LOSS AND DAMAGE NATIONAL APPROACHES AND LOCAL TO GLOBAL LINKAGES

BY THE DANISH INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES
Publications
29/10/2025

KEY MESSAGES ON LOSS AND DAMAGE FOR COP 30

By the Loss and Damage Collaboration
Publications
28/10/2025

A FIVE YEAR VISION FOR LOSS AND DAMAGE: SUMMARY FOR POLICY MAKERS

By Teo Ormond-Skeaping
Publications
27/10/2025

ADDRESSING LOSS AND DAMAGE IN THE PACIFIC

BY UNITED NATIONS OFFICE FOR DISASTER RISK REDUCTION - SUB-REGIONAL OFFICE FOR THE PACIFIC
Publications
13/10/2025

BEYOND ADAPTATION: PACIFIC VOICES ON HEALTH, IDENTITY, AND RIGHTS AMID CLIMATE LOSS AND DAMAGE

By SINDRA SHARMA, VAREA ROMANU AND RUFINO VAREA
Publications
7/10/2025

PROCESS, CAUSE AND LAND ASSESSMENT OF THE EXTREME WIND-DUST COMPOUND DISASTER IN CHINA IN APRIL 2025

GANGFENG ZHANG, YIWEN WANG, LIANYOU LIU, YAOYAO MA, ZIQI LIN, WENXUAN LI, TONG ZHANG, SIQI LIU, XIAOXIAO ZHANG, SHUO WANG, ZHE LIU, JINPENG HU AND PEIJUN SHI
Publications
7/10/2025

THE 2023 DROUGHT IN WEST AFRICA AND ASSOCIATED VULNERABILITY TO FOOD INSECURITY

By VINCENT ONDIMA KONGO AND NKONGHO AYUKETANG ARREYNDIP
Publications
6/10/2025

​CLOSING THE GAP: ENSURING COMMUNITY ACCESS IN THE FUND FOR RESPONDING TO LOSS AND DAMAGE

By Isatis M. Cintron-Rodriguez, Eileen Mairena, Nivedita Joshi, Amina Drop and Liane Schaletek
Publications
1/10/2025

IMMOBILITY IN THE CONTEXT OF CLIMATE CHANGE

By ADELLE THOMAS ,ARUNIMA SIRCAR, MUMUNI ABU, EMILY BOYD, LORRAINE HOWE, PATRICIA PINHO, MURRAY SCOWN AND CARLOS SHENGA
Publications
1/10/2025

FILLING THE FUND FOR RESPONDING TO LOSS AND DAMAGE: DEVELOPED COUNTRIES FAIR SHARES

By the Loss and Damage Collaboration
Publications
1/10/2025

KEY MESSAGES ON DISPLACEMENT AND OTHER FORMS OF HUMAN MOBILITY FOR THE SEVENTH MEETING OF THE BOARD OF THE FUND FOR RESPONDING TO LOSS AND DAMAGE

By the Loss and Damage and the Challenges Of Human Mobility and Displacement Working Group
Publications
26/9/2025

FLOOD DISASTER EXPERIENCES OF ELDERLY INDIVIDUALS LIVING IN THE WESTERN BLACK SEA REGION OF TÜRKIYE: A PHENOMENOLOGICAL STUDY

By EZGI ATALAY, FATMA GÜNDÜZ ZEYBEKOĞLU, KEMAL TORPUŞ AND GALIP USTA
Publications
26/9/2025

ESTIMATION OF CASCADING HYDROCLIMATIC HAZARD IMPACTS ON SUPPLY SYSTEMS AND ASSOCIATED ECONOMIC SHOCKS

By MARLON VIEIRA PASSOS, JUNG-CHING KAN, GEORGIA DESTOUN, KARINA BARQUET, LUIGIA BRANDIMARTE AND ZAHRA KALANTARI
Publications
23/9/2025

A METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH TO ADDRESS ECONOMIC VULNERABILITY TO WILDFIRES IN EUROPE

BY SIMONE MARTINO, CLARA OCHOA, JUAN RAMON MOLINA AND EMILIO CHUVIECO
Publications
22/9/2025

DISPLACEMENT AND REHABILITATION IN COASTAL BENGAL: NAVIGATING SOCIAL INEQUALITIES INSIDE CLIMATE ‘COMMUNITAS’

BY MADHURIMA CHATTERJEE, MITASHREE SRIVASTAVA AND DEBOJYOTI DASVIEW
Publications
17/9/2025

HEALTH LOSSES ATTRIBUTED TO ANTHROPOGENIC CLIMATE CHANGE

BY COLIN J. CARLSON, DANN MITCHELL, RORY GIBB, RUPERT F. STUART-SMITH, TAMMA CARLETON, TORRE E. LAVELLE, CATHERINE A. LIPPI, MEGAN LUKAS-SITHOLE, MICHELLE A. NORTH, SADIE J. RYAN, DORCAS STELLA SHUMBA, MATTHEW CHERSICH, MARK NEW AND CHRISTOPHER H. TRISOS
Publications
13/9/2025

CLIMATE DIPLOMACY UNDER THE UNFCCC: PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE

By Emmanuella Doussis and George Dikaios
Publications
10/9/2025

REFINING METHODS FOR ATTRIBUTING HEALTH IMPACTS TO CLIMATE CHANGE: A HEAT MORTALITY CASE STUDY IN ZURICH

By RUPERT F. STUART-SMITH, ANA M. VICEDO-CABRERA, SIHAN LI, FRIEDERIKE E.L. OTTO, KRISTINE BELESOVA, ANDY HAINES, LUKE J. HARRINGTON, JEREMY J. HESS, RASHMI VENKATRAMAN, THOM WETZER, ALISTAIR WOODWARD AND KRISTIE L. EBI
Publications
4/9/2025

PERSPECTIVES ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND ADAPTATION IN FIJIAN VILLAGES CONTEMPLATING RELOCATION

By YUKI YOSHIDA, GILES B. SIOEN, GAUNA METUISELA AND RICHARD CRICHTON
Publications
15/8/2025

FROM GROUND TO GLOBAL: The Loss and Damage Dashboard for Climate Equity

Dr Mohammad Emran Hasan, David Minh Tran, S. M. Saify Iqbal, Rafiul Alam, Josie Lee and Muhammad Esmat Enan
Publications
12/8/2025

MAGAZINE | DISPLACED BY CLIMATE: THE HUMAN COST

BY Shama, N. A., Richi, S. S., Farabi, M. S., Mushera, F., Karim, A., Tasnim, Z., Meghla, U. R., Tanisha, T. J., Raad, I. H., Alim, A., Akter, F., Ahmed, M. T., Selim, S. B., and Rakib, M. A. M.
Publications
12/8/2025

TIMING THE ENVIRONMENT IN INTERNATIONAL LAW

BY DAVID M SCOTT
Publications
11/8/2025

CLIMATE DISPLACEMENT IN THE ICJ’S ADVISORY OPINION

BY MALAVIKA RAO
Publications
7/8/2025

GLOBAL ASSESSMENT OF CLIMATE CHANGE-ATTRIBUTED LOSS AND DAMAGE

BY NANDAN MUKHERJEE AND JOHN ROWAN
Publications
7/8/2025

CLIMATE INJUSTICES HAVE MULTIPLIED OVER TIME: THE NEED FOR CLIMATE SYSTEM JUSTICE

BY JOYEETA GUPTA, YANG CHEN, CLARA MCDONNELL, AUGUSTO HERAS, JANINA HERZOG-HAWELKA, FRANK DE MORRÉE AND OPAL MORALES ASENCIO
Publications
6/8/2025

IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIO ON SEA LEVEL RISE AND FUTURE COASTAL FLOODING IN MAJOR COASTAL CITIES OF INDIA

BY RABIN CHAKRABORTTY, TARIG ALI, SERTER ATABAY, PARAMITA ROY AND CHAITANYA BALIRAM PANDE
Publications
6/8/2025

Temporary Warming, Lasting Losses: Economic damages from climate overshoot may be irreversible within this century

By SARAH SCHONGART, MORITZ SCHWARZ, JONAS SCHWAAB, FELIX PRETIS, PETER PFLEIDERERE AND CARL-FRIEDRICH SCHLEUSSNER
Publications
5/8/2025

WORLD CULTURAL HERITAGE SITES ARE UNDER CLIMATE STRESS AND NO EMISSIONS MITIGATION PATHWAYS CAN UNIFORMLY PROTECT THEM

BY ZIHUA CHEN, QIAN GAO, YAJING WU, JIAXIN LI, XIAOWEI LI, XIAO LI, ZHENBO WANG AND HAIYANG CUI
Publications
5/8/2025

INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION FOR PEOPLE DISPLACED ACROSS BORDERS IN THE CONTEXT OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND DISASTERS: A PRACTICAL TOOLKIT: OVERVIEW

BY KATE JASTRAM, JANE MCADAM, GEOFF GILBERT, TAMARA WOOD AND FELIPE NAVARRO
Publications
1/8/2025

DIALOGUE HIGHLIGHTS THE LIVED EXPERIENCES OF CLIMATE-INDUCED LOSS AND DAMAGE IN TONGA

BY TONGA MINISTRY OF METEOROLOGY, ENERGY, INFORMATION, DISASTER MANAGEMENT, ENVIRONMENT, CLIMATE CHANGE AND COMMUNICATIONS (MEIDECC)
Publications
23/7/2025

VANUATU LAUNCHES BOLD CLIMATE POLICY ON CLIMATE CHANGE

BY GOVERNMENT OF VANUATU: MINISTRY OF CLIMATE ADAPTATION, MINISTRY OF ENERGY AND DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT
Publications
22/7/2025

Navigating contradictions: perceptions of climate action progress and obstruction in Argentina

By Lucas G. Christel, Ricardo A. Gutiérrez and Elisabeth Möhle
Publications
22/7/2025

MANGROVE DAMAGE AND EARLY STAGE CANOPY RECOVERY FOLLOWING HURRICANE ROSLYNE IN MARISMAS NACIONALES MEXICO

BY SAMUEL VELÁZQUEZ-SALAZAR, LUIS VALDERRAMA-LANDEROS, EDGAR VILLEDA-CHÁVEZ, CECILIA G. CERVANTES-RODRÍGUEZ, CARLOS TROCHE-SOUZA, JOSÉ A. ALCÁNTARA-MAYA, BERENICE VÁZQUEZ-BALDERAS, MARÍA T. RODRÍGUEZ-ZÚÑIGA, MARÍA I. CRUZ-LÓPEZ AND FRANCISCO FLORES-DE-SANTIAGO
Publications
15/7/2025

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT KEY TO LIMITING CLIMATE CHANGE-DRIVEN WILDFIRE DAMAGES

BY YI-LING HWONG, EDWARD BYERS, MICHAELA WERNING AND YANN QUILCAILLE
Publications
14/7/2025

INTEGRATING CLIMATE–RELATED LOSS AND DAMAGE IN UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW ADVOCACY: A BRIEF GUIDE FOR CIVIL SOCIETY

By The Loss and Damage Collaboration and the Human Rights and Climate Change Working Group
Publications
4/7/2025

IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON SURFACE WATER RESOURCES

BY RAM LAKHAN RAY AND BIRHAN GETACHEW TIKUYE
Publications
3/7/2025

WHAT HAPPENED ON LOSS AND DAMAGE AT THE 2025 JUNE CLIMATE MEETINGS?

By Teo Ormond-Skeaping, Erin Roberts and Hyacinthe Niyitegeka
Publications
30/6/2025

LEGAL VALIDITY FOR LOSS AND DAMAGE FUND FOR GLOBAL SOUTH- POST COP 28 ANALYSIS

BY MUHAMMAD AHSAN, IQBAL HASHMI AND MEHAK ALI
Publications
25/6/2025

GLOBAL TRENDS IN CLIMATE CHANGE LITIGATION: 2025 SNAPSHOT

BY JOANA SETZER AND CATHERINE HIGHAM
Publications
13/6/2025

DAILY UPDATES ON LOSS AND DAMAGE AT THE 2025 BONN CLIMATE CONFERENCE

By the Loss and Damage Collaboration
Publications
5/6/2025

LOSS AND DAMAGE AT THE 2025 BONN CLIMATE CONFERENCE

By The Loss and Damage Collaboration
Publications
27/5/2025

CALCULATING LOSS AND DAMAGE FROM EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS IN SMALL ISLAND DEVELOPING STATES

BY VIKRANT PANWAR, ILAN NOY AND EMILY WILKINSON
Publications
21/5/2025

CLIMATE-RELATED PARTIAL RELOCATION IN FIJI IMPACTS THE WELLBEING OF THOSE WHO RELOCATED AND THOSE WHO STAYED DIFFERENTLY

BY ANN-CHRISTINE LINK, ANNAH PIGGOTT-MCKELLAR, ELIA NAKORO AND ROBERT OAKES
Publications
15/5/2025

INTEGRATING SCIENCE FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY ADDRESSING LOSS AND DAMAGE FROM CLIMATE CHANGE AND STRENGTHENING SOCIAL PROTECTION

BY BINA DESAI, PETER LÄDERACH, SHALINI ROY, GEORGE MEDDINGS, CECILIA COSTELLA, NICOLAS BIDAULT, ANA SOLÓRZANO AND RARAMAI CAMPBELL
Publications
7/5/2025

GLOBAL EMERGENCE OF UNPRECEDENTED LIFETIME EXPOSURE TO CLIMATE EXTREMES

BY LUKE GRANT, INNE VANDERKELEN, LUKAS GUDMUNDSSON, ERICH FISCHER, SONIA I. SENEVIRATNE AND WIM THIERY
Publications
30/4/2025

IMPLEMENTING INNOVATIVE FINANCE INSTRUMENTS FOR LOSS AND DAMAGE

BY ZOHA SHAWOO, EMILY GHOSH AND ANISHA NAZARETH
Publications
24/4/2025

SHARED HAZARDS, UNEQUAL OUTCOMES: INCOME-DRIVEN INEQUITIES IN DISASTER RISK

BY JEANETTE J. CHOONG, DENNIS WAGENAAR, MARICAR L. RABONZA, PERRINE HAMEL, ADAM D. SWITZER AND DAVID LALLEMANT
Publications
24/4/2025

LOSS AND DAMAGE FINANCE: A FRAMEWORK FOR COMPLEMENTARITY AND COHERENCE

BY CENTER FOR CLIMATE AND ENERGY SOLUTIONS
Publications
21/4/2025

LOST AND DAMAGED: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF CURRENT LOSS AND DAMAGE DUE TO CLIMATE CHANGE IN INDIA

BY NIVEDITA JOSHI, NIHAL RANJIT, ANANYA PEDDIBHOTLA AND CHANDNI SINGH
Publications
16/4/2025

LOSS AND DAMAGE ESSENTIAL FOR CLIMATE ACTION IN NDCS

BY SANDEEP CHAMLING RAI, COLIN MCQUISTAN AND SUNIL ACHARYA WITH CONTRIBUTIONS FROM HARJEET SINGH, FERNANDA DE CARVALHO, MANDY WOODS, STEPHEN CORNELIUS, INGA FRITZEN BUAN, SHIRLEY MATHESON, CHIARA LIGUORI, DEMET INTEPE AND HEIDI WHITE
Publications
15/4/2025

CURRENCIES UNDER PRESSURE: HOW CURRENCY FLUCTUATIONS AND CLIMATE RISKS IMPACT DEBT SUSTAINABILITY IN SIDS AND LDCS

BY RITU BHARADWAJ, N. KARTHIKEYAN AND BALAKRISHNAN ANANDA KUMAR
Publications
10/4/2025

TOWARDS CS4L&D: ADVANCING CLIMATE SERVICES FOR LOSS AND DAMAGE

BY MURRAY SCOWN, HAOMIAO DU, GUY JACKSON, SALVATORE PAOLO DE ROSA AND EMILY BOYD
Publications
7/4/2025

TACKLING THE 'COST OF CAPITAL' CRISIS IN SMALL VULNERABLE NATIONS

BY GAIL HURLEY, EMILY WILKINSON AND DAMON AITKEN
Publications
7/4/2025

HUMAN RIGHTS AND LOSS AND DAMAGE: KEY MESSAGES FOR THE UNFCCC IN 2025

By The Loss and Damage Collaboration and the Human Rights and Climate Change Working Group
Publications
3/4/2025

ALLOCATING INTERNATIONAL LOSS AND DAMAGE FINANCE THROUGH NATIONAL CLIMATE FUNDS: PROSPECTS FOR AFRICAN LDCS

BY ALEKSANDROVA, MARIYA, WASHINGTON ONYANGO KANYANGI, ASSOUHAN JONAS ATCHADÉ, JOANES ATELA AND CHARLES TONUI
Publications
3/4/2025

ACTING ON LOSS AND DAMAGE: LINKING RURAL LIVELIHOODS AND CLIMATE MOBILITY IN ADAPTATION AND MITIGATION PLANNING

By Lucy Szaboova, Ann-Christine Link, Kees van der Geest, Jacqueline Demeranville and Giorgia Prati
Publications
2/4/2025

ADDRESSING CLIMATE AND CONFLICT-RELATED LOSS AND DAMAGE IN FRAGILE STATES: A FOCUS ON MALI

BY RITU BHARADWAJ, N. KARTHIKEYAN, SWATI CHALIHA AND BAKARY DEMBELE