Aborder les pertes et préjudices : que peuvent nous enseigner les plans nationaux d’adaptation des pays ?

The report analyzes 41 multisectoral National Adaptation Plans (NAPs) to assess their integration of loss and damage (L&D) strategies. It finds that while nearly half of NAPs explicitly mention L&D and almost all include disaster risk management (DRM) components, there is a significant gap in addressing non-economic losses and irreversible impacts. The document proposes a 'spectrum' approach to L&D, ranging from avoidance (mitigation) and minimization (adaptation/DRR) to remediation (humanitarian response and reparations). It recommends that governments and international funders leverage existing NAP risk analyses as a starting point for L&D assessments and ensure that new L&D financing targets impacts that exceed adaptation limits to avoid duplicating existing adaptation efforts.

• Approximately 49% of the analyzed National Adaptation Plans (NAPs) explicitly mention the concept of loss and damage, with a high concentration of these documents submitted in 2021 and 2022, and 37% originating from small island developing states.
• Disaster Risk Management (DRM) is nearly universal in NAPs, with 95% mentioning DRM or Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR), covering all components from risk understanding and reduction to emergency response and recovery.
• DRM measures within NAPs are primarily focused on risk understanding and reduction; there are far fewer specific measures for emergency response and recovery, though early warning systems and insurance are common.
• While only 17% of NAPs use the specific term 'slow onset events,' every single analyzed NAP refers to at least one such event, such as sea-level rise, temperature increase, or biodiversity loss.
• Human mobility is mentioned in most NAPs, but only about 40% address it in a permanent sense, such as relocation or resettlement, rather than just seasonal or economic migration.
• Non-economic losses are rarely addressed, appearing in only 29% of NAPs, with the loss of cultural heritage being the most frequently cited issue (15%).
• NAPs generally contain limited information on scenarios that exceed adaptation limits, suggesting that countries need more support to assess existential threats as a basis for L&D responses.

APA

Qi, J., Dazé, A., & Hammill, A. (2023). Aborder les pertes et préjudices : que peuvent nous enseigner les plans nationaux d’adaptation des pays ? NAP Global Network. https://napglobalnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/napgn-fr-2023-loss-and-damage-in-naps.pdf

Chicago

Qi, Jeffrey, Angie Dazé, and Anne Hammill. Aborder les pertes et préjudices : que peuvent nous enseigner les plans nationaux d’adaptation des pays ? NAP Global Network, 2023. https://napglobalnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/napgn-fr-2023-loss-and-damage-in-naps.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{qi2023aborder, author = {Qi, Jeffrey and Dazé, Angie and Hammill, Anne}, title = {{Aborder les pertes et préjudices : que peuvent nous enseigner les plans nationaux d’adaptation des pays ?}}, institution = {NAP Global Network}, year = {2023}, month = may, url = {https://napglobalnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/napgn-fr-2023-loss-and-damage-in-naps.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }