Strong waves threaten coastal houses as Typhoon Hagupit pounds Legazpi, Albay Province, in the eastern Philippines on December 7, 2014. Source: AP/Aaron Favila
Washington, D.C. — As the parties to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, or UNFCCC, work to craft a new international climate agreement to be finalized this December in Paris, the topic of “loss and damage” has emerged as an important area of negotiation. The meaning of the term, however, is not…
