Warsaw International Mechanism on Loss and Damage

It is part of the Loss and Damage Mechanism for addressing loss and damage associated with impacts of climate change. The Mechanism was established in Warsaw, Poland, during the

Conference of Parties (COP) 19 in 2013. This set of policies is aimed at addressing climate

change-related loss and damage in developing countries, such as extreme events (such as

hurricanes, heat waves, etc.) and slow-onset events (such as desertification, sea level rises,

ocean acidification, and so on) in areas where the climate change phenomenon is particularly

Intense.

The Warsaw International Mechanism on Loss and Damage work towards: 

• Acquiring a deeper understanding of risk management approaches to deal with adverse effects, damage, and loss.
• Coordination, synergy, and dialogue among relevant stakeholders are strengthened.
• Improving action and assistance, including financial, technology, and capacity-building, to address the loss and harm caused by climate change.

The Warsaw International Mechanism’s goal was to put in place acceptable methods for dealing with loss and damage, especially when such loss and damage forces society to reevaluate its current paradigms for thinking about and controlling climate threats. In Warsaw, a large number of developing nations worked to make loss and damage a separate problem under the Convention, recognising that loss and damage happens when mitigation and adaptation are insufficient to prevent adverse effects of climate change on food security and sustainable development.