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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 June 2025

Lisa Vanhala
Affiliation:
University College London
Elisa Calliari
Affiliation:
University College London
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Governing Climate Change Loss and Damage
The National Turn
, pp. xvii - xx
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2025
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Abbreviations

AGN

African Group of Negotiators on Climate Change [Ethiopia]

AILAC

Independent Association of Latin America and the Caribbean (Asociación Independiente de Latinoamérica y el Caribe)

AOSIS

Alliance of Small Island States

AR6

Sixth Assessment Report

BCCRF

Bangladesh Climate Change Resilience Fund [Bangladesh]

BCCSAP

Bangladesh Climate Change Strategy and Action Plan [Bangladesh]

BCCTF

Bangladesh Climate Change Trust Fund [Bangladesh]

BEST

The Bahamas Environment, Science and Technology Commission [The Bahamas]

BRAC

previously Bangladesh Rehabilitation Assistance Committee [Bangladesh]

CARICOM

Caribbean Community

ccGAP

Climate Change Gender Action Plan [Bangladesh]

CCP

Cyclone Protection Programme [Bangladesh]

CCRIF

Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility

CDEMA

Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency [Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas]

CFF

Climate Fiscal Framework [Bangladesh]

COP

Conference of the Parties

CRGE

Climate-Resilient Green Economy [Ethiopia]

CSO

civil society organization

DCCD

Department of Climate Change and Disaster [Tuvalu]

DRM

disaster risk management

DRR

disaster risk reduction

EEZ

exclusive economic zone

EFCCC

Environment, Forest and Climate Change Commission [Ethiopia]

ENCC

National Strategy on Climate Change (Estrategia Nacional ante el Cambio Climático) [Peru]

ETTIC

Interministerial Technical Team for Climate Change (Equipo Técnico Interministerial para el Cambio Climàtico) [Chile]

FFA

Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency [Tuvalu]

GCF

Green Climate Fund

GDP

gross domestic product

GGGI

Global Green Growth Initiative [Ethiopia]

GHG

greenhouse gas

GIZ

German International Cooperation Society (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit)

GLOFs

glacial lake outburst floods

GTPII

Second Growth and Transformation Plan [Ethiopia]

IDCOL

Infrastructure Development Company Limited [Bangladesh]

IO

international organization

IPCC

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

ITLOS

International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea

LDC

least developed country

LMCC

Framework Law on Climate Change (Ley Marco sobre Cambio Climático) [Peru]

MCPP

Mujib Climate Prosperity Plan [Bangladesh]

MINAM

Ministry of Environment (Ministerio del Ambiente) [Peru]

MoDMR

Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief [Bangladesh]

MoEFCC

Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change [Bangladesh]

MoF

Ministry of Finance [Bangladesh]

MoFED

Ministry of Finance and Economic Development [Ethiopia]

MoTAC

Ministry of Transport and Communication [Ethiopia]

NACCC

National Advisory Council on Climate Change [Tuvalu]

NAP

National Adaptation Plan

NAPA

National Adaptation Programme of Action

NC2

Second national communication under the UNFCCC

NC3

Third national communication under the UNFCCC

NCCC

National Climate Change Committee [The Bahamas]

NDC

Nationally Determined Contribution

NELs

noneconomic losses

NEMA

National Emergency Management Agency [The Bahamas]

NGO

nongovernmental organization

NODS

National Office of Disaster Services [Antigua and Barbuda]

NPDM

National Plan for Disaster Management [Bangladesh]

ONEMI

Ministry of the Interior and Public Security (Oficina Nacional de Emergencias del Ministerio del Interior) [Chile]

PCRAFI

Pacific Catastrophe Risk Assessment and Financing Initiative [Tuvalu]

PICCIF

Pacific Islands Climate Change Insurance Facility [Tuvalu]

PIF

Pacific Islands Forum [Tuvalu]

PPK

Peruanos por el Kambio [Peru]

SFDRR

Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction

SIDS

Small Island Developing States

SNLD

Santiago Network on Loss and Damage

SOE

slow onset event

SPC

Pacific Community

SPM

Summary for Policymakers

SREX

IPCC Special Report on Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation

TISIP

Tuvalu Infrastructure Strategy and Investment Plan 2016–2025 [Tuvalu]

TKII

National Strategy for Sustainable Development 2005–2015 (Te Kakeega II) [Tuvalu]

TKIII

National Strategy for Sustainable Development 2016–2020 (Te Kakeega III) [Tuvalu]

TNC

The Nature Conservancy [The Bahamas]

TSF

Climate Change and Disaster Survival Fund [Tuvalu]

UN

United Nations

UNCCD

United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification

UNCLOS

United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea

UNDP

United Nations Development Programme

UNFCCC

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

UNGA

United Nations General Assembly

UN-OHRLLS

United Nations Office of the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States

WIM

Warsaw International Mechanism for Loss and Damage

WIM ExCom

Executive Committee of the Warsaw International Mechanism for Loss and Damage

YOUNGO

Youth and children constituency of the UNFCCC

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