Loss and damage under the Convention

Siegele, Linda

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“…as opposed to acute events (storms, floods, acute drought, etc.) that are not permanent and occur in a short time frame [ 13 ]. As the slow-onsets and their chronic consequences will keep rising, it is important to better understand the underlying mechanisms to provide adequate actions.…”

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Climate change and women’s mental health in two vulnerable communities of Bangladesh: An ethnographic study

Goudet,

Binte Arif,

Owais

et al. 2024

PLOS Glob Public Health

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Climate change is one of the most significant challenges humanity faces in the 21st century, with its health impacts being profoundly felt in the most vulnerable countries. However, the mental health impacts of climate change, particularly concerning social inequality and gender dynamics, are less documented in the Global South. This paper focuses on the impact of climate change on women’s mental health in two vulnerable communities in Bangladesh. This study employed qualitative methods, including, in-depth interviews, and focus group discussions (FGDs). The communities were selected based on their vulnerability to climate change. A total of 80 participants were selected using snowball sampling, and 55 interviews and 6 FGDs were conducted. Women are particularly vulnerable to climate change impacts on mental health due to their gender roles and responsibilities. Responsible for taking care of their families, they have to face additional challenges due to climate change impacts, such as increased workload, food insecurity, and social insecurity when their husband migrates to the cities for jobs. Women also face social and cultural barriers, which exacerbate their vulnerability to climate change impacts on mental health. Socioeconomic and environmental determinants appear to be embedded and lead to psychological suffering in relation to social roles and gender norms. Interventions should be designed to address the specific needs and challenges faced by women in these communities. Policymakers should take a gender-sensitive approach to address the mental health impacts of climate change in these communities. This study contributes to the growing body of research on the gendered impacts of climate change with a trajectory approach and provides insights for future research in this area.

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Climate change and women’s mental health in two vulnerable communities of Bangladesh: An ethnographic study

Goudet,

Binte Arif,

Owais

et al. 2024

PLOS Glob Public Health

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“…SOCEs evolving through gradual transformations can generate severe, accumulative, and potentially irreversible impacts on human and natural systems, causing a wide range of economic and non-economic loss and damage [4][5][13][14]. The limited evidence available reveals that SOCEs are already exerting negative and accumulative impacts on countries around the world [10,[15][16][17][18][19].…”

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“…In addition, it is increasingly recognised that SOCEs are highly interconnected and sometimes exacerbate or trigger one another, and can occur coincidently, simultaneously, or sequentially with ROCEs [4][5]. This leads to even more substantial disruption of human and natural systems due to the simultaneous manifestation of compounds and multiple hazards and impacts, resulting in thresholds or tipping points of systems being crossed [4][5]11,[13][14]. Over a longer period, the loss and damage resulting from SOCEs will affect more people than ROCEs because they are persistent and develop over time.…”

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Changes in slow-onset climate events in Thailand

Limsakul,

Kammuang,

Paengkaew

et al. 2023

Environmental Engineering Research

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Slow-onset climate events (SOCEs) cause substantial impacts on human and natural systems, but research on exploring SOCEs and their effects is still limited. Therefore, changes of SOCEs in Thailand were statistically analysed based on a set of data including projected mean temperature, gridded altimetry sea level, salinity, and areal forest cover. Related information from available studies and reports was also compiled to complement our analysis. The important observed changes of SOCEs included (i) Thailand’s mean temperature gradually rising towards the end of the 21<sup>st</sup> century, (ii) steady sea level rise accompanied by concomitant seawater intrusion, (iii) increasing areas of land degraded and affected by desertification, (iv) general decline in total forest cover with forest fires tending to increase over recent years, and (v) various plant and vertebrate species under multi-threats with most of them projected to considerably decline due to future climate change. Changes of SOCEs seem to have broad-ranging impacts on ecosystems and the well-being and health of Thai people. This study presented additional evidence and knowledge, responding well to the urgent needs to address SOCE<sub>S</sub> in developing countries. To better avert, minimise and address loss and damage from SOCEs, however, future studies, especially quantitative assessment, are needed.

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Tactical Opposition: Obstructing Loss and Damage Finance in the United Nations Climate Negotiations

Falzon,

Shaia,

Roberts

et al. 2023

Global Environmental Politics

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In 1991, in meetings constructing the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the small island state of Vanuatu introduced a proposal requiring wealthy countries to pay for damages related to sea level rise. More than thirty years later, countries finally agreed to establish a financing mechanism for loss and damage associated with climate change. Scholars have observed the slow progress on loss and damage finance, but what tactics did countries use to obstruct negotiations? We answer this question using data from primary and secondary sources, observations at negotiations, and key informant interviews. Our analysis details four periods of obstruction and outlines a typology of fourteen tactics countries have used to delay progress. These tactics limited the issue’s scope, reduced transparency, manipulated language, and advanced nontransformative solutions. These findings contribute to the study of obstructionism in climate governance and can help loss and damage advocates better anticipate and respond to obstruction.

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Loss and damage under the Convention

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Climate change and women’s mental health in two vulnerable communities of Bangladesh: An ethnographic study

Climate change and women’s mental health in two vulnerable communities of Bangladesh: An ethnographic study

Changes in slow-onset climate events in Thailand

Tactical Opposition: Obstructing Loss and Damage Finance in the United Nations Climate Negotiations

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