Linking Climate Change Adaptation, Disaster Risk Reduction, and Loss & Damage (Sustainable Development Goals Series) - Hardcover

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ISBN 10: 9819980542 ISBN 13: 9789819980543

Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan, 2024

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This book advances knowledge on loss & damage (L&D) and its interlinkages with climate adaptation and disaster risk reduction. The book includes twelve case studies conducted across South and Southeast Asia, covering sectors including agriculture, rural livelihoods, energy, infrastructure and natural resources. These studies provide insights into complex climate-induced L&D, enhancing local, national and regional knowledge and contributing to global agendas.

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Vositha Wijenayake leads the work of SLYCAN Trust and is an attorney-at-law specializing in environmental and public international law. She has over a decade of experience in climate change and the UNFCCC process with a focus on adaptation,  resilience building, loss and damage,  gender, technology transfer,  finance,  and just transition.

 

Dr. Linda Anne Stevenson leads Knowledge Management and Scientific Affairs at APN. With 20+ years of experience, she oversees 60+ diverse global change projects, fostering capacity, facilitating science-policy-practitioner dialogues, and engaging with UNFCCC, IPCC and IPBES. Dr. Stevenson was an expert reviewer for IPCC's Working Group II 6th Assessment Report.

Dr. Akio Takemoto is Head of Programme and Administration at United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability, Tokyo. He served in a Director position at the Ministry of the Environment of Japan, Senior Environment Specialist at Global Environment Facility, and Director of Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research.

 

Dr. Amit Ranjan is a Research Fellow at the Institute of South Asian Studies, National University of Singapore. His latest book is  Federalism and Inter-State River Water Disputes in India (2024,  Routledge: London and New York).

 

Dennis Mombauer is Director: Research & Knowledge Management at SLYCAN Trust. He has over a decade of expertise in research and management across private and development sectors. His research focuses on climate change, adaptation, loss and damage, climate finance, just transition, sustainable development, human mobility, ecosystem conservation, and related topics.

 

Dr. Nafesa Ismail is Senior Programme Officer at APN, managing national and regional projects in the Asia-Pacific region. She oversees knowledge generated from APN activities, including APN’s flagship Science Bulletin. Dr Ismail empowers early-career professionals in international research through proposal development training workshops and has engaged as expert reviewer in IPCC and IPBES assessments.

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This book advances knowledge on loss & damage (L&D) and its interlinkages with climate adaptation and disaster risk reduction. The book includes twelve case studies conducted across South and Southeast Asia, covering sectors including agriculture, rural livelihoods, energy, infrastructure and natural resources. These studies provide insights into complex climate-induced L&D, enhancing local, national and regional knowledge and contributing to global agendas.

Vositha Wijenayake, attorney-at-law specializing in environmental and public international law,  leads SLYCAN Trust. She has 10+ years of experience in climate change and UNFCCC negotiations with a focus on adaptation,  resilience building, loss & damage,  gender, technology transfer,  finance,  and just transition.

Dr. Linda Stevenson has 20+ years experience at the Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research (APN). She oversees 60+ diverse research projects, fosters scientific capacity, facilitates science-policy-practitioner dialogues, and engages with UNFCCC, IPCC and IPBES.  

Dr. Akio Takemoto is Head of Programme and Administration at the UNU Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability and has held key roles at the Ministry of the Environment, Japan, and the Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research.  

Dr. Amit Ranjan is a Research Fellow at the Institute of South Asian Studies, National University of Singapore. His latest book is  Federalism and Inter-State River Water Disputes in India (2024,  Routledge: London and New York).  

Dennis Mombauer, Director at SLYCAN Trust, brings over a decade of research and management experience, primarily in climate change, adaptation, finance, and sustainable development, including just transition, human mobility, and ecosystem conservation.

Dr. Nafesa Ismail, Senior Programme Officer at APN, manages research, oversees knowledge dissemination, and empowers early-career professionals through proposal development workshops. She also serves as an expert reviewer in IPCC and IPBES assessments.  

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• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2024
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 9819980542
• ISBN 13: 9789819980543
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 343
• Herausgeber: Wijenayake Vositha, Stevenson Linda Anne, Takemoto Akio, Ranjan Amit, Mombauer Dennis, Ismail Nafesa
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