Evidence from the Frontlines of Climate Change: Loss and Damage to Communities Despite Coping and Adaptation

(January 2013, 86 pages. 6.32 MB). A summary of research by the Loss and Damage in Vulnerable Countries Initiative of the United Nations University, and CIESIN, on the impact of climate change livelihood and infrastructure losses and economic damage among vulnerable households in the developing world. Case studies were carried out in five countries: Bangladesh, Bhutan, the Gambia, Kenya, and Micronesia.