Journal Article10.1038/NCLIMATE2137
Managing unnatural disaster risk from climate extremes
Reinhard Mechler,Reinhard Mechler,Laurens M. Bouwer,Joanne Linnerooth-Bayer,Stefan Hochrainer-Stigler,Jeroen C. J. H. Aerts,Swenja Surminski,Keith Williges +7 more
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors understand climate-related disaster risk, and the management of that risk can inform effective action on climate adaptation and the loss and damage mechanism, the main vehicle under the UN Climate Convention for dealing with climaterelated effects, including residual impacts after adaptation.
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Abstract: Truly understanding climate-related disaster risk, and the management of that risk, can inform effective action on climate adaptation and the loss and damage mechanism, the main vehicle under the UN Climate Convention for dealing with climate-related effects, including residual impacts after adaptation.
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