Loss and Damage (L&D) has been gaining traction since the Paris Agreement took the issue on as a separate article, arguably creating a third pillar of international climate policy. Debate so far has led to vague definitions of the remit of the L&D mechanism; research on actor perspectives may help to propel this discourse forward.
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Mechler, R. Transparency for Loss and Damage. Nature Clim Change 7, 687–688 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate3401
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